Architecture
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Deep loggias, slatted shutters and white walls are not decoration — they are how a house is tuned to the southern light.
In the south, light is a material. Architects who work with it carefully can make a house feel cool at noon and golden at dusk without a single lamp switched on.
Shade before glass
When we visit a house, we look first at how it handles the afternoon sun. The finest homes use overhangs, courtyards and shutters to soften the light long before it reaches a window.
[Vaure Journal]