November 2006
by Gordon Tully
Wind-Smart Design
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Design: Wind-Smart Design In a blowing rain, it's the details that count Gordon Tully Attention to wind should be a central focus of any coastal design. A smart design in a high-wind zone guides wind around the house as smoothly as possible. Effective features include hipped roofs with a medium slope, short overhangs, and few turbulence-producing obstructions, such as dormers and open porches. And because wind pressure increases with height, a wind-smart design stays low to the ground. In short, good coastal design should be streamlined — the polar opposite of the boxy modernist style and the tall, gable- and
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