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Case study: Mt. Airy Public Library

Fig. 1. Exterior view showing south- and west-facing clerestories with exterior light shelves that extend natural light onto the ceilings while shading the large windows below from high summer sun.

While home for Thanksgiving in North Carolina, I visited, with my father, a small city near the Blue Ridge Mountains that served as the model for the town of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show. The public library makes a strong case for passive solar and daylighting design… while being a good neighbor, too.