brise soleil

Another architectural frame which illuminates the concept of the brise soleil through the sun above and the "secret world" below.

The museum includes a "brise soleil," a moving sunscreen that unfolds similar to the wing of a bird.

The main facade incorporates a brise soleil.

To the east, a "slightly austere translucent glass box" projects slightly and is topped by an angled brise soleil.

The rectangles on the north-west and south-west façades are further emphasized through the installation of brise soleil for protection from glare.

A highlight will be the first operation of a brise soleil, or sunshade, atop the addition's grand reception hall that will open and close throughout the day.

Brise soleil is a natural lighting option that uses permanent architectural sun-shading techniques to reduce the amount of light that enters a building or a museum.

Additionally, the south and west walls of the building deflect direct summer sun with a travertine fin-wall and brise soleil shades that don't obstruct views.

Solar shading (including sun protection louvres, brise soleil, glass louvres, aluminium louvres)

The Milwaukee Art Museum, with its brise soleil designed by Santiago Calatrava, is known for its interesting architecture.

The shutter is built of elongated aluminum awnings that fold upward collectively to form a brise soleil roof that opens along the curved axis of the eye.

From Santiago Calatrava's spread-winged brise soleil at the Milwaukee Art Museum to Mr. Sobek's own snap-together house, engineers are tired of playing second fiddle.

Window sections should be adequately sized, and to avoid over-illumination can be shielded with a Brise soleil, awnings, well placed trees, glass coatings, and other passive and active devices.

When completion of the $100 million Milwaukee Art Museum expansion was delayed nearly six months in 2001, the press twittered about the soaring brise soleil's complexity and its potentially ungainly flap in high winds.

In climates and regions needing to reduce excessive summer passive solar heat gain, whether from direct or reflected sources, Brise soleil, trees, attached pergolas with vines, vertical gardens, green roofs, and other techniques are implemented.

The bird-like Burke Brise soleil at the Milwaukee Art Museum is a well regarded example of this, though it also has a functional aspect in that its movement allows it to shade the crowds from the sun or protect them from storms.

Opening day will give the public its first opportunity to witness the opening of the immense winglike sunscreen known as the Burke Brise Soleil and to visit all of the museum's interior and exterior spaces, including a "Chihuly Over Venice " exhibition.