Most modern walls are as thin as the insulation allows. Ours are often thicker, and the windows sit deep inside them.
What a deep reveal does
- Shades the glass from high summer sun
- Lets low winter sun reach far into the room
- Frames the view like a picture
- Gives you a seat, a shelf or a desk
A window is not a hole in a wall. It is a small room at the edge of a bigger one.Marco Bellini
On Foundry Offices the deep precast reveals removed the need for external blinds on three facades, which paid for most of the extra concrete.
