Patent ID: 8402705

Claim:
A façade structure for a building structure, comprising: at least first and second building elements, each of the building elements comprising: a self-supporting glass panel defining an outer circumferential rim including at least two rectilinear segments, a first one of which defines a first length and a second one of which defines a second length, said self-supporting glass panel having a specific coefficient of thermal expansion; and a first pultruded element having a length corresponding to said first length and a second pultruded element having a length corresponding to said second length, said first and second pultruded elements being adhered in a high strength integral adhesion to said self-supporting glass panel along said first and second rectilinear segments, respectively; wherein each of said first and second pultruded elements has a content of reinforcing fibers for providing a coefficient of thermal expansion of said pultruded elements substantially corresponding to said specific coefficient of thermal expansion; wherein said first and second building elements are joined together by one of said first and second pultruded elements of said first building element and one of said first and second pultruded elements of said second building element.