Horizontal roof slab projections and vertical masonry wall extensions can also serve as sunshades that can be constructed as part of the main building structure.

The horizontal trick allows light to permeate deep into a building while preventing direct sunlight from coming in. To demonstrate the concept, Short created a 3D animation showing a complex ...

Southern heat: A home or building's southern exposure deals with the hottest rays, so horizontal shade structures work best. At a home, that can be a pergola, awning or patio with a roof. East and ...

In addition, this method can be used to determine whether to select vertical or horizontal shading. As regards the third subtopic - window models in nZEBs - detailed window models should be ...

And the beat goes on: Museum Tower reiterates its fix-the-Nasher roof idea to the Wall Street Journal, while the Nasher urges 'a system of louvers or external ...