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A modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls provides thermally isolated vertical girders secured to a structural wall. The thermally isolated vertical girders positionally maintain insulation adjacent the structure and provide a means for mounting e

A modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls provides thermally isolated vertical girders secured to a structural wall. The thermally isolated vertical girders positionally maintain insulation adjacent the structure and provide a means for mounting exterior wall cladding to the structure. Planar wall panels carrying exterior wall cladding elements mount directly or indirectly to the vertical girders. Corner elements, carrying exterior corner cladding elements interconnect with the underlying system and visually appear to interconnect with adjacent edge portions of the planar wall panels.

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1. A modular system for cladding exterior walls of an existing structure and insulating the existing structure walls comprising in combination: plural vertical girders fastened to the structure walls in spaced vertical array, each vertical girder defining plural spacedly arrayed holes and having, a

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A modular system for cladding exterior walls of an existing structure and insulating the existing structure walls comprising in combination: plural vertical girders fastened to the structure walls in spaced vertical array, each vertical girder defining plural spacedly arrayed holes and having, a first end portion and an opposing second end portion,a front portion distal from and parallel to the structure wall,a side portion communicating with an elongate edge of the front portion and extending perpendicular to the front portion toward the structure wall, andan edge lip portion opposite the side portion extending parallel to the side portion;thermally insulating material positionally maintained adjacent the structure wall by the vertical girders;exterior cladding for the existing structure supported by the vertical girders and spaced apart from the thermally insulating material creating a rain screen between a portion of the exterior cladding proximate the structure wall and a portion of the thermally insulating material distal from the structure wall;thermal isolators communicating with the plural vertical girders;fasteners extending simultaneously through at least one of the plural spacedly arrayed holes defined in the vertical girders and the thermal isolators and engaging with the existing structure wall to minimize thermal transfer from the vertical girders through the fasteners to the structure wall;plural elongate U-shaped hangers releasably attached to the front portion of the vertical girders extending generally perpendicularly to the vertical girders and generally parallel to the structure wall, each U-shaped hanger having, a first end portion and an opposing second end portion,an inner side portion adjacent the front portion of the plural vertical girders,an outer side portion spaced apart from and parallel to the inner side portion,a bottom portion communicating between lower edges of the outer side portion and the inner side portion,plural spacedly arrayed holes defined in the outer side portion and the inner side portion, anda hanging edge on the outer side portion opposite the bottom portion;plural wall panels that releasably engage with the hanging edge of the plural elongate U-shaped hangers to depend from the U-shaped hangers, each wall panel having a front portion and an opposing rear portion,a top edge and a spaced apart bottom edge, the top edge having an offset edge portion offset towards the rear portion,a first lateral edge and a spaced apart second lateral edge extending between the top edge and the bottom edge, the first lateral edge having an offset edge portion offset towards the rear portion,defining plural spacedly arrayed cutouts, each cutout having a hanging flange proximate the top edge and angled downwardly and outwardly towards the rear portion and the bottom edge, andexterior cladding carried on the front portion of the wall panel;corner elements releasably interconnectable to the U-shaped hangers at corners of the structure walls, each corner element having a front portion and an opposing rear portion,a first leg and a perpendicular second leg with a corner between the first leg and the second leg, the first leg having an offset edge portion opposite the corner that is offset towards the rear portion, andexterior cladding carried on the front portion of the first leg and carried on the front portion of the second leg extending around the corner; andgrout that is flexibly resilient to fill gaps between spacedly adjacent edges of the exterior cladding carried by the wall panels and carried by the corner elements. 2. The modular system of claim 1 further comprising: a rear portion of the vertical girder communicating with an elongate edge of the side portion spaced apart from and parallel to the front portion, and the edge lip communicating with an elongate edge of the rear portion extends parallel to the side portion toward the front portion but does not communicate with the front portion defining a gap between the edge lip and the front portion to reduce thermal transfer; plural vertically spaced and horizontally aligned holes are defined in the front portion and in the rear portion of the vertical girder; at least one of the plural vertically spaced holes defined in the front portion is diametrically large enough to allow the thermal isolator and fastener to pass completely therethrough; and at least one of the plural vertically spacedly holes defined in the rear portion of the vertical girder horizontally aligned with the diametrically larger hole defined in the front portion is diametrically smaller so that the thermal isolator cannot pass completely therethrough. 3. The modular system of claim 2 wherein: each plural vertical girder defines plural vertically spaced elongate holes in the side portion;the vertical girder is adjustably attached to a leg of an angle bracket fastened to the structure wall with a releasable fastener extending through a hole defined in the leg of the angle bracket and through at least one of the plural vertically spaced elongate holes defined in the side portion of the vertical girder; andthe thermal isolator is carried between the angle bracket leg and the vertical girder side. 4. The modular system of claim 1 wherein: the thermally insulating material is a plurality of planar rigid panels of thermal plastic and the plurality of planar rigid panels are positioned adjacent outward of the structure wall and adjacent inward of the vertical girders;adhesive tape is used to cover and seal joints at abutting edges of adjacent rigid panels to prevent air flow through the joints; andfasteners attaching the vertical girders to the structure wall penetrate through the thermally insulating material to engage with the structure wall. 5. The modular system of claim 1 wherein: the thermally insulating material is polyisocyanurate. 6. The modular system of claim 1 wherein: the exterior cladding is fastened directly to the front portion of the vertical girders. 7. The modular system of claim 1 wherein: the exterior cladding is indirectly mounted to the front portion of the vertical girders. 8. The modular system of claim 1 wherein: the modular system provides a continuously insulated wall assembly that satisfies ASHREA 90.1 definition for continuous insulation. 9. The modular system of claim 1 wherein: the vertical girders may be adjustably positioned relative to the structure walls to adjust the angle of the exterior cladding relative to the structure walls. 10. The modular system of claim 1 wherein: the exterior cladding is brick tiles fastened to planar panels forming a wall panel with a thickness less than 1 inch total. 11. A continuously insulated wall assembly for supporting exterior cladding on an existing structure's exterior walls comprising in combination: plural vertical girders fastened to the existing structure walls in spaced array, each vertical girder defining plural spacedly arrayed holes and having, a first end portion and an opposing second end portion,a front portion and a spaced apart parallel rear portion,a side portion communicating between proximate elongate edges of the front portion and the parallel rear portion and extending perpendicularly to the front portion and the rear portion,an edge lip communicating with the elongate edge of the rear portion opposite the side portion and parallel to the side portion extending toward the front portion but not communicating with the front portion forming a gap between the edge lip and the proximate elongate edge of the front portion;thermally insulating material positionally maintained adjacent the existing structure's exterior wall by the vertical girders, the thermally insulating material being in the form of plural rigid planar panels, each rigid planar panel having a top edge and an opposing bottom edge,a first lateral edge and opposing second lateral edge, the lateral edges extending between the top edge and the bottom edge, andan inner side and an outer side;plural fasteners securing the vertical girders and the thermally insulating material adjacent the existing structure walls, the plural fasteners extending completely through at least one of the plural spacedly arrayed holes defined in the front portion of the vertical girder and through a horizontally aligned hole defined in the rear portion of the vertical girder and completely through the thermally insulating material to engage with the existing structure's exterior wall;exterior cladding supported by the vertical girders and spaced apart outwardly from the thermally insulating material creating a rain screen between an inner portion of the exterior cladding and an outward portion of the thermally insulating material; andthermal isolators carried on the fasteners extending partially through at least one of the plural spacedly arrayed holes defined in the rear portion of the vertical girders to thermally isolate the vertical girder from the fastener by preventing direct physical contact between the fastener and the vertical girder. 12. The modular system of claim 11 further comprising: plural elongate U-shaped hangers attached to the front portion of the vertical girders extending generally perpendicularly to the vertical girders, each U-shaped hanger having, a first end portion and an opposing second end portion,an inner side portion adjacent the front portion of the plural vertical girders,an outer side portion spaced apart from and parallel to the inner side portion,a bottom portion communicating between lower edges of the outer side portion and the inner side portion,plural spacedly arrayed holes defined in the outer side portion and the inner side portion, anda hanging edge on the outer side portion opposite the bottom portion;plural wall panels that releasably engage with the hanging edge of the U-shaped hangers to depend from the U-shaped hangers, each wall panel having a front portion and an opposing rear portion,a top edge and an opposing bottom edge, the top edge having an offset edge portion offset towards the rear portion,a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge extending between the top edge and the bottom edge, the first lateral edge having an offset edge portion offset towards the rear portion,defining plural spacedly arrayed cutouts, each cutout having a hanging flange proximate the top edge and angled downwardly and outwardly towards the rear portion and the bottom edge, andexterior cladding carried on the front portion of the wall panel;corner elements carried by the U-shaped hangers at corners of the structure walls, each corner element having, a front portion and an opposing rear portion,a first leg and a perpendicular second leg with a corner between the first leg and the second leg, the first leg having an offset edge portion opposite the corner that is offset towards the rear portion, andexterior cladding carried on the front portion of the first leg and carried on the front portion of the second leg extending around the corner; andgrout that is flexibly resilient to fill gaps between adjacent edges of the cladding carried by the wall panels and by the corner elements.