Half-way house Oh, to be outside. But not. The glazed conservatories of yesteryear, on the one hand, and the trend for bending nature to our will in the form of overly staged and controlled garden environments that turn outdoor space into just another room, on the other: both are making way for a smarter, more rational, more architectural solution to our desire for all-year-round, wellbeing-boosting contact with the elements. Belgian manufacturer Renson, with over 100 years of business under its belt, knows a thing or two about developing products for intelligent outdoor living, where sun protection for humans dovetails with thermal-gain control for buildings. And that's no hot air. Simon Keane-Cowell, Editor-in-Chief |