Posts Tagged ‘mid-century modern passive solar design’

Tweet In yesterday’s post, I explained the basics of building orientation and the appropriate types of shade for the east, west and south sides of a building.  Today I’m going to show you some examples of how shading is used brilliantly in some of Central Phoenix’s mid-century modern buildings. This mid-century modern beauty on Osborn and 4th Avenue uses these curved precast concrete panels to create shade for the windows on the south side.  Not only does the shade work well, as you can see in the photo below, it’s also fundamentally integrated with the design of the building making…

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