There’s only one thing on my mind this week, and that’s breeze bricks/ventilation blocks/breezeblocks/brise soleil screens. I’ve been taking snaps of brise soleil walls, created a #BriseSoleilSA hashtag, and have even started a Google map with pics and locations of the ones I’ve discovered. Why do I have blocks and bricks on the brain? Well, it’s because this evening, …
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Sneak peek
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#BRISESOLEILSA
Not too long ago, when I wrote a BEST THINGS post about all kind of breeze brick walls and screens, I started an instagram hashtag #brisesoleilSA, hoping to start a record of brise soleil walls and screens across South Africa. I’m thrilled to say that there’s been some participation! Take a look at these beauties: This …
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Best Things: @breezeblockhead
Call them ‘air bricks’, ‘ventilation blocks’, ‘breeze bricks’, ‘breeze blocks’, whatever you like, I just love it that Aussie architect Sam Marshall (aka @breezeblockhead) has taken it upon himself to survey and record pics on his Instagram feed of these sun-and-wind-blocking architectural features (also known as brise soleil* screens), beloved of Mid-century enthusiasts and tropical climes. This is …
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Out and About: Sea Point Library
Sea Point Library is one of my favourite buildings in Cape Town, not least for the spectacular concrete brise-soleil surrounding the building! Friday was the first time I’ve actually stopped the car to take some photos and to go inside the building, where I was totally charmed by the old-school style and profusion of potted …
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Jaipur screens
More pics from Jaipur today: this time, some of the screens, lattices and brise soleil structures I spotted while on my trip. I have many, many regrets in this category, as so many astonishing examples flashed by while I was being driven around, and stopping in that KRAZEE traffic was not an option. I’ll simply …
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Out & About: Shapes I like
Who’d have guessed that the SABS building in Rosebank would have such interesting shapes and colours for me to snap? By the way, if you like the shapes and colours in this post, you might enjoy a new Pinterest board I started recently, called Shapes I Like.
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