The best architectural features tend to be those that don't just please the eye, but also carry out an important practical role in enhancing the whole experience of living in a building. This might ...

This week the Third & Bond bloggers describe why they have it made in the shade. Click on any of the photos to expand. Doo-hickey. Thing-a-ma-jig. Brise soleil. Funny names we’ve used to describe the ...

In 1999 in an effort to improve embassy security, the U.S. State Department launched its Capital Security Construction Program. Since then the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building ...

One Airport Square is a striking building featuring a very unique structure on its façade: a criss-crossing brise soleil made out of concrete. Its powerful aesthetic was inspired by the motifs of the ...

Read the original version in Portuguese here. As extreme weather events become increasingly common worldwide, brises-soleil and perforated cladding have become effective options for creating a second ...

Along with Group 8’s Coral House, the Bamboo residence was part of a plan to redesign the former industrial neighborhood of Chandieu into a residential area with public and private green spaces. A ...

Face à l'intensification des vagues de chaleur, comment garantir un confort aux usagers des bâtiments ? Cette question, qui s'invite dans le débat public chaque été, ne manque pas d'échauffer les ...

Read the original version in Portuguese here. Methods of shading facades and preventing direct solar radiation from entering a building's interior have been present since ancient architecture. However ...

Brise-soleil : marché en recul en 2025, rebond prévu dès 2026 Alors que le marché des brise-soleil est en léger recul en 2025, impacté, entre autres, par une forte baisse des mises en chantier de ...