Arthur T. Brown, the architect who designed our home, was one of the pioneers in early passive solar design in Arizona. Our home, built in 1949, has a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows facing south with a huge, very thick wall opposite them which collects heat in the winter and radiates it around the east end of the house. The only challenge to this design is that the windows are single pane and not insulated. They are extremely large so we can't afford to replace them. We have plans to make insulated shades for them and these are in progress. We have added solar panels to the roof to continue the architect's dedication to solar design. Here is a link to a solar website that mentions Arthur T. Brown. I believe that the home they reference is The Hirsch House but I don't have any verification of this yet. There is a book, published by the U of A Press, about the architecture of Art Brown that was given to us by the previous owner but we have managed to misplace it. Our home is featured as are many other buildings, both residential and commercial. Here's a link to the solar website. http://www.azsolarcenter.org/tech-science/solar-architecture/solar-building-design-in-arizona.html
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