Steel frame
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Steel frame usually refers to a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal i-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame. The development of this technique made the construction of the skyscraper possible.
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See also
- BRBF, Buckling-Restrained Braced Frame
- Curtain wall (architecture)
- Prefabricated buildings
- Steel building
- Structural steel
- Structural robustness
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