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O PE NINGS AT CO RNERS

Openings that are located at corners give a space and
the planes in which they are located a diagonal orientation. This directional effect may be desirable for
compositional reasons, or the corner opening may be
established to capture a desirable view or brighten a
dark corner of a space.
A corner opening visually erodes the edges of the plane
in which it is located and articulates the edge of the
plane adjacent and perpendicular to it. The larger the
opening, the weaker will be the definition of the corner.
If the opening were to turn the corner, the angle of the
space would be implied rather than real and the spatial
field woul BW