Load bearing v non-load bearing walls & Curtain Walling frame building Q6

A load-bearing wall carries the weight of the building and distributes that load onto the building's foundation. The load-bearing walls which are easiest to identify are the home's exterior walls. These walls carry the weight of the roof system. The roof trusses rest on these walls, and they create a continuous plane all the way down to the building's foundation. In most residential walls, a second set of load-bearing walls, one on each floor, exists along the centerline of the home. In the basement, this wall is created by a metal beam. Directly above the metal beam on first and second floors, a wall down the middle of the home also helps support the roof truss weight.

Framed Non-Load-Bearing Walls

A framed wall is any wall in the home that is not a load-bearing wall. Closets are a typical example of walls which are not load-bearing walls. Also called partition walls, framed walls create the internal rooms in a home. They can be moved, removed or shortened without affecting the building's structural integrity.

 

b) Curtain walling for framed buildings.

 

 

 

The cladding panel is fixed onto the spandrel which is anchored to the column of the framed structure.

Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide a skin or layer. In construction, cladding is used to provide a degree of thermal insulationand weather resistance, and to improve the appearance of buildings.[1]Cladding can be made of any of a wide range of materials including wood, metal, brick, vinyl, and composite materials that can include aluminium, wood, blends of cement and recycled polystyrene, wheat/rice straw fibres.[2]Rainscreen cladding is a form of weather cladding designed to protect against the elements, but also offers thermal insulation. The cladding does not itself need to be waterproof, merely a control element: it may serve only to direct water or wind safely away in order to control run-off and prevent its infiltration into the building structure. Cladding may also be a control element for noise, either entering or escaping. Cladding can become a fire risk by design or material.

The recent (15 June 2017) fire on Grenfell Tower and that of Melbourne Blaze was blamed on the cladding that easily spread the fire. See the report as linked above.

Ref:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladding_(construction)