Catalan to English Tech/Engineering Architecture Urban Planning

This is from an Urban Planning history text.


The context is a caption for an aerial photo of the Besòs district dominated by a line of tower blocks running alongside a main trunk road (lower reaches of the Gran Via).

"Es distingeixen els ***edificis pantalla** aixecats a la vora de la Gran Via, fragments inconnexos d’illes canòniques d’eixample, ordenacions extensives de l’illa per a activitats industrials i fins i tot rengles de cases associats a l’ordenació del regadiu anterior."

I take it he is using this expression to imply that these buildings screen off the motorway from the surrounding area. But is there a term for that in English, or should I just explain it, as I have done here?