Architecture/Green Building Archives - Page 27 of 36

50 Ways to Leave Your Louvers

by Terry Coffey | Apr 28, 2017 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

Draper’s FlexLouver™ Rack Arm System and Venetian Blinds by Warema are among the most effective solar control solutions on the market. They are also among the most flexible solutions: you can operate the louvers into a variety of positions depending on conditions. In...

Exterior FlexShades Upgrade

by Jeff Miller | Mar 24, 2017 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Solar Control & Window Shades

We have updated our Motorized and Crank-operated Exterior FlexShades® for easier installation, more color options, and more streamlined design. Exterior FlexShades now have the same look as our FlexShade ZIP™. This updated design to match ZIP hardware means one...

Four Ways to Use the Pantone Color of the Year

by Terry Coffey | Jan 3, 2017 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades

Just in case you haven’t heard the news, let me be the first to break it to you: Pantone has named its 2017 Color of the Year! The Color of the Year is … Greenery, also known as Pantone 15-0343. Pantone calls it a “refreshing and revitalizing shade,” adding that...

NAQs for Window Shades

by Terry Coffey | Nov 22, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades

Recently, we shared a number of NAQs—Never Asked Questions—relating to our AV products. NAQs are the opposite of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs); not only do they almost never get asked, but they are questions we wish we’d hear more often. You can click here to read...

Introducing EchoControl Acoustical Shading

by Amy Madden | Oct 14, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades

Draper is proud to introduce a new line of acoustical shading products. We’ve all heard of different kinds of pollution as they pertain to buildings. Of course, there are physical types of pollution we have to worry about—by-products getting into groundwater, for...

European Vacation-Exterior Shading Edition

by Penny Sitler | Oct 4, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades

I’ve just returned from completing a bucket list item: vacation in Europe. I studied in Europe (many years ago). I have worked in Europe (short trips to ISE—Integrated Systems Europe—and to our subsidiary, Draper Europe). But I’ve never traveled in Europe...