Glass fins

Source: betterbricks.com

Upper Secondary School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007 designed by 3xn Arkitekter

The operable exterior shading devices--colored glass fins with graphic lettering--create this building's signature facade and provide dynamic shading to balance daylighting with solar heat gain. Behind the glass fins, operable windows provide natural ventilation. -- betterbricks.com

Source: Agence d’architecture Boyer archdaily.com

La Colle sur Loup, La Colle-sur-Loup, France designed by Agence d’architecture Boyer-Percheron-Assus et Associé

....the south facade shows a double facade: a succession of colourful “brise-soleil” which orient themselves according to the sun and the moment of the day. -- ArchDaily

Source: Keith Collie and Tim Crocker archdaily.com

Biochemistry Center, Oxford, UK designed by Hawkins Brown

Laminated colored glass fins were fixed to the mullions of the curtain wall system.  The fins provide a sense of privacy for those working in the labs and their varying color palette was selected to “pick up on the surrounding context.” -- ArchDaily

Source: Brad Feinkopf archdaily.com

South Campus Chiller Plant, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2013 designed by Ross Barney Architects

The materials for the new chiller plant will be concrete precast panels with a high sheen polish finish. Large glazed openings are located to help identify the function of the building by framing views of the chiller equipment. Since there are no visible moving parts, dichoric glass fins located in the joints of the precast panels, will convey a sense of motion as the colors change from the movement of the sun. -- ArchDaily

Source: Hisao Suzuki archdaily.com

Comisaría Provincial De Albacete, Albacete, Spain designed by Matos-Castillo Arquitectos

....a glass wall oriented northwest (offices) and a double skin of glass and vertical louvers oriented southeast (communications). The colour of the glass louvers has no specific references and helps to eliminate old stereotypes. -- ArchDaily

Source: Piotr Krajewski archdaily.com

Marshal’s HQ, aleja Niepodległości, Poznań, Poland, 2015 designed by / WAPA Warsztat Architektury

The exterior part outlines the cavity around the whole building, which makes it float above the heavy base and provides an outdoor terrace underneath the upper floors. The interior part is meant to be an extension of the open space around the core of the building and was designed as a transparent, multifunctional and flexible space for various purposes. -- ArchDaily