Architectural façades include decorative panels, fins and blades. Architectural façades can provide solar shading and weather protection. Architectural façades refer to all the solar shading, weather protection and aesthetic features that fix to the external ‘face’ of a building. In the past, it has included brise soleil, climate façades, architectural panels and louvres. However, as the different systems have evolved in line with their unique functions and characteristics, the term ‘architectural façade’ is today more often used for decorative panels, fins and blades.