jalousie

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Dr Green said modern architectural trends are worsening resilience and the move from traditional jalousie windows with slats to fixed glass can leave buildings more exposed.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Her family’s home lacked air conditioning, but they didn’t need it: their jalousie windows let in the sea breeze.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2021

I’m badly tempted to knock on the door and ask the owner to open the ­now-shuttered jalousie walls and otherwise let us snoop around.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2015

A jalousie window that opens by pushing a button and closes by pulling a pendant was introduced by Universal Fabricators, Inc. The mechanism eliminates the customary crank turning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sunlight is streaming in through the jalousie windows.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez