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Chrome Hotel’s Swiss Cheese Facade Saves Energy

11/11/2009
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    Sanjay Puri Architect's new Chrome Hotel features a fresh façade punctuated with holes that allow natural light to stream in while keeping air-conditioning costs to a minimum. The opaque windows were purposefully set throughout the swiss cheese façade to allow ambient natural light to enter, and they also create an incredibly cool effect at night when backlit by LED lights....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chrome-hotels-swiss-cheese-facade-saves-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    Sanjay Puri Architect's new Chrome Hotel features a fresh façade punctuated with holes that allow natural light to stream in while keeping air-conditioning costs to a minimum. The opaque windows were purposefully set throughout the swiss cheese façade to allow ambient natural light to enter, and they also create an incredibly cool effect at night when backlit by LED lights....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chrome-hotels-swiss-cheese-facade-saves-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    Sanjay Puri Architect's new Chrome Hotel features a fresh façade punctuated with holes that allow natural light to stream in while keeping air-conditioning costs to a minimum. The opaque windows were purposefully set throughout the swiss cheese façade to allow ambient natural light to enter, and they also create an incredibly cool effect at night when backlit by LED lights....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chrome-hotels-swiss-cheese-facade-saves-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    Sanjay Puri Architect's new Chrome Hotel features a fresh façade punctuated with holes that allow natural light to stream in while keeping air-conditioning costs to a minimum. The opaque windows were purposefully set throughout the swiss cheese façade to allow ambient natural light to enter, and they also create an incredibly cool effect at night when backlit by LED lights....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chrome-hotels-swiss-cheese-facade-saves-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    Sanjay Puri Architect's new Chrome Hotel features a fresh façade punctuated with holes that allow natural light to stream in while keeping air-conditioning costs to a minimum. The opaque windows were purposefully set throughout the swiss cheese façade to allow ambient natural light to enter, and they also create an incredibly cool effect at night when backlit by LED lights....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chrome-hotels-swiss-cheese-facade-saves-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Sanjay Puri Architect's new Chrome Hotel features a fresh façade punctuated with holes that allow natural light to stream in while keeping air-conditioning costs to a minimum. The opaque windows were purposefully set throughout the swiss cheese façade to allow ambient natural light to enter, and they also create an incredibly cool effect at night when backlit by LED lights....

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