Sunlight from the northeast leaves southwestern facing slopes in shadow.

阳光从东北方向照射过来，给西南向的斜坡上留下了阴影。

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These sliding louvres allow residents to control the amount of sunlight entering Windows and to screen their south-facing balconies from the street.

这些滑动的百叶窗使居民可以控制照进窗户的日光量，并遮挡街道一面的南向立面。

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The large area of north-facing glass provides ample but diffused sunlight.

朝北的大面积玻璃幕墙设计能令室内光线充足。

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New York City architect Richard Meier, who designed the Getty Center museum in Los Angeles, says the old design (with identical facing on each side) ignored the impact of sunlight on heating and cooling the enormous buildings.

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They used their knowledge of the astrological movement of the sun through the seasons to align their pueblos on south facing cliffs to receive direct heating sunlight in winter, yet be shaded in the summer.

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In his 15-story Menara Mesiniaga, east- and west-facing windows are recessed to reduce direct sunlight which would heat the building's interiors.

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