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The use of planting, both as a source of visual delight and as a heat and light diffusing screen, has numerous historical antecedents.
Building with the elements: in the quest to evolve a more ecologically balanced approach to living and building, humankind's immemorial and intuitive relationship with the elements offers the potential to bring nature and architecture into greater accord
Sun boxes use full-spectrum (as opposed to ordinary) fluorescent lights with a reflector behind the rows of lights and a plastic diffusing screen in front.
Wrestling winter blues: bright lights rescue SAD sufferers
To maximize the inhibitory influences exerted on the recorded ommatidium, we uniformly illuminated the entire eye by placing a Teflon diffusing screen in contact with the cornea and illuminating it with a large (5 mm) light pipe (4).
Evaluation of Circadian Rhythms in the Limulus Eye
Apart from making an eye-catching statement, the greenery functions as a heat and light diffusing screen; it also acts as a counterpoint to the angular contours and hard surfaces of the building behind.
Flower Tower: wrapped in an outer layer of bamboo, this housing block is a vertical urban garden
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