Discipline
Unitised curtain wall
Prefabricated modules, complex geometry, and the discipline that turns a drawing into a wall that can be built, tested, and maintained.
Luminous, geometric, and robust façades define contemporary cities. Growing complexity and performance demands place pressure on the most ambitious curtain-wall designs. Verticea engineers unitised systems that hold their line — sloped and folded panels, winter gardens, expressed frames — without abandoning constructability.
We appreciate that the façade is one of the most important, and at times most expensive, components of a new building. That makes its engineering vitally important. Our work covers system selection, mullion and transom design, glass makeup, anchors, movement joints, fire and acoustic interfaces, and the shop-drawing and testing regime that proves the wall before it leaves the factory.
What we deliver
- Concept and schematic envelope strategies for towers and podia
- Unitised, semi-unitised, and stick-system specifications
- Geometry for sloped, folded, and tessellated panel types
- Anchor design, slab-edge fire, and movement compatibility
- Visual mock-ups, performance mock-ups, and AAMA / CWCT testing support
- Shop-drawing review and fabrication inspections
How we work
We sit with the architect early enough to influence module width, joint language, and the relationship between wall and structure. We sit with the contractor long enough to protect those decisions. The best curtain wall is the one that can be made — repeatedly, in tolerance, in weather.
