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Harvesting the Sun PRIORITY FOCUS: Designing for, Controlling and Utilizing Earth's Greatest Resource
Natural light is something elemental to the human condition. And as the latest Nobel Peace Prize winners in physiology and medicine have discovered in their research on Circadian rhythm, it certainly is something that should be addressed in design. PRIORIT Y FOCUS
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Granted, harvesting this golden resource can be problematic, yet some of the world's leading architects suggest designers take the bull by the horns, and make sunlight not only an active component, but a driving force to enhance, not restrain architecture. PAGE 38
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