Brise soleil

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Brise soleil, sometimes brise-soleil (breez-soh-ley, from French, "sun break") in architecture refers to a variety of permanent sun-shading techniques, ranging from the simple patterned concrete walls popularized by Le Corbusier to the elaborate wing-like mechanism devised by Santiago Calatrava for the Milwaukee Art Museum or the mechanical, pattern-creating devices of the Institut du Monde Arabe by Jean Nouvel.

The movable Burke brise soleil on the Quadracci Pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum closes at sunset.

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Active metal brise soleil at Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

Brise soleil integrated with the facade of Unité d'Habitation, Marseille

Side view of the brise soleil on the Quadracci Pavilion

Concrete brise soleil

[edit] See also

• Awning
• Green building
• Mashrabiya
• Qamariyah
• Sudare

[edit] External links

• Brise soleil at the Milwaukee Art Museum
• British-Yemini Society Influence of climate on window design