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Panel building
Panel
buildings
may
refer to
buildings of one of the following types:
Built of
structural
insulated
panels
Built of
pre-fabricated
concrete blocks
, named
differently
in various
countries
.
Large Panel
System building
, often called
Plattenbau
from
German
or
Panelák
from
Czech
and
Slovak
,
Blok
from Polish or
Panelház
in
Hungarian
. Most, but not all
Khrushchyovka
houses
in the former
Soviet Union
are also constructed using this
technology
.
Panel buildings can be either frameless, or the panels can be
fitted
to:
Timber-, steel- or reinforced concrete-framed buildings,
over common
blockwork
,
or over
existing
masonry
products
.