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Curutchet House
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The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is a building by Le Corbusier. It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the ground floor.
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Brise soleil
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Brise soleil, sometimes brise-soleil, is an architectural feature of a building that reduces its heat gain by deflecting incoming sunlight. The system allows low-level sunlight to enter a building in
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…of four main levels with a courtyard between the house and the clinic. The building faces the Paseo del Bosque park. The main facade incorporates a brise soleil. Construction began in 1949 under the supervision of Amancio Williams and was completed in 1953…
A basic brise soleil at the Charles Wells Brewery for Wells & Co in Bedford, England. This photo was taken of the south facing elevation at noon in De
A basic brise soleil at the Charles Wells Brewery for Wells & Co in Bedford, England. This photo was taken of the south facing elevation at noon in December, a little before the winter solstice. Note how all the windows are in the shade.
Millennium Point, Birmingham, UK: Half of the facade has exterior blinds
Millennium Point, Birmingham, UK: Half of the facade has exterior blinds
City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia: brise soleil at the L'Hemisfèric[clarification needed]
City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia: brise soleil at the L'Hemisfèric[clarification needed]
The movable Burke brise soleil on the Quadracci Pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum closes at sunset.
The movable Burke brise soleil on the Quadracci Pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum closes at sunset.