Quick, Hide the Solar Panels!

A new arts center shows how to make solar panels look good, without camouflaging them.

A new building by LIN Architects proves that a wealth of technical solutions for solar panels can be accomplished with sharp design.

The International Centre for Design in Saint-Etienne, France is a series of public arts spaces, which now link a bunch of old buildings on the site of a former arms factory. The idea was to create a geodesic frame, comprising 14,000 equilateral triangles--the cross bracing creates an interior unbroken by structural supports, which can be reconfigured for various uses. Moreover, since the facade is modular, it can serve lots of functions.

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