Panel building
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Panel building may refer to building
s of one of the following types:
Panel building can be either frameless (column
-less), or the panels can be fitted to:-
One of the main advantages is that the panels can be fitted in all weathers. There is no need for foundations and only a minimal framework is required.
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
s of one of the following types:
- Built of structural insulated panelStructural insulated panelStructural insulated panels , SIPs, are a composite building material. They consist of an insulating layer of rigid polymer foam sandwiched between two layers of structural board...
s - Built of pre-fabricated concrete blocks, named differently in various countries.
- Large Panel System building, often called PlattenbauPlattenbauPlattenbau is the German word for a building whose structure is constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs. The word is a compound of Platte and Bau...
from German or PanelákPanelákis a colloquial term in Czech and Slovak for a panel building constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete, such as those extant in Czech Republic and elsewhere in the former Soviet bloc...
from Czech and Slovak or PanelházPanelházPanelház is the name of a type of block of flats in Hungary and Hungarian inhabited areas of the Pannonian Basin. Transylvanian Magyars call these buildings tömbház . It was the main housing type built in the Socialist era. From 1959 to 1990 788,000 panel flats were built in Hungary...
in Hungarian- Called Khrushchyovka in Russian.
Panel building can be either frameless (column
Column
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces...
-less), or the panels can be fitted to:-
- TimberTimber framingTimber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
-, steelSteel frameSteel frame usually refers to a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal -beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame...
- or reinforced concreteReinforced concreteReinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
-framedFraming (construction)Framing, in construction known as light-frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which provide a stable frame to which interior and exterior wall coverings are attached, and covered by a roof comprising horizontal ceiling joists and sloping...
buildings - Over common blockwork
- Or over tired existing masonryMasonryMasonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound together by mortar; the term masonry can also refer to the units themselves. The common materials of masonry construction are brick, stone, marble, granite, travertine, limestone; concrete block, glass block, stucco, and...
products
One of the main advantages is that the panels can be fitted in all weathers. There is no need for foundations and only a minimal framework is required.