The brise soleil, first developed by Le Corbusier in first part of the last century, is a pretty simple sun-shading structure that is added to buildings (or else integrated in the initial design and construction). Its purpose is to control the amount of sunlight reaching a surface, often a broad glass façade, thereby ensuring that…
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External louvres have many invaluable functions
The corrosive effect of the sun has become more and more well-documented, and indeed more pronounced, over recent decades. This is not only for its destructive effect upon human skin, but upon the planet, as the ozone layer thins and greenhouse gases warm up the atmosphere. Even the less crucial effects of sunlight, such as…
External louvres could be suitable for your project
Do you know your brise soleil from your glass louvres? If you are dealing with an architectural project, the first thing you might want to do is to make sure you understand the key terms that are often thrown around. Beneath the complex-sounding language often lie a few easy concepts that, once explained, are really…