also: カーテンウオール
noun
curtain wall
In architecture, a non-structural outer covering of a building, typically made of glass, metal, or thin stone panels.
このビルはカーテンウォール工法で建てられている。
This building is constructed using the curtain wall method.
カーテンウォールのガラスが割れてしまった。
The glass of the curtain wall broke.
Variant spelling using ウオ instead of ウォ; less common but still seen.
Spelling with interpunct; sometimes used for clarity.
Rare variant with interpunct and ウオ spelling.
Borrowed from English 'curtain wall', referring to a non-load-bearing exterior wall.