added by
marthawrites to
kitchen (13 months ago)
Another means of ventilating up high is seen in this kitchen, where jalousies — "blinds or shutters...[that] admit air and some light," again according to my handy dictionary of architecture — are used adjacent to fixed glass. The corresponding overhang cuts down on direct sunlight, allowing the jalousies to be made of glass, instead of an opaque or translucent materials, as is more common.