Following careful placement and orientation of our buildings on a site, there are two primary strategies Rhodes Architecture + Light uses for managing sunlight and its impact on interior spaces through windows and doors.  Sunlight brings both heat and light. We typically want to embrace light while limiting heat gain in the hotter summer months.  To realize a well-daylit and thermally comfortable design we carefully plan the timing and quantity of sunlight (and therefore hea

Summer is upon us. The global news feed is burning with stories about unseasonably hot weather and climate change. The Pacific Northwest...