Brise-Soleil Invites Sunshine

A brise soleil is named for screening the sun. The best known is the one architect Howard Meyer designed to encase the highriseat 3525 Turtle Creek and the brise soleil Edward Durell Stonedesigned that wraps around the modern home on Park Lane. At Houndstooth, a simple herringbone pattern brise soleil filters sun and creates shadows in both the outside terrace and inside the coffee house. While we think of a brise soleil in this way as shielding a room from the sun, it is actually an architectural invitation for sunlight. Glass walls on two sides of a building facing west would subject those inside to severe sun and heat or to window shades blocking the sun and the view. Here, the brise soleil lets one enjoy the delightful patterns of sunlight and shadows as well as the views outside.
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