### Problem
>Everybody loves window seats, bay windows, and big windows with low sills and comfortable chairs drawn up to them.

### Solution
>In every room where you spend any length of time during the day, make at least one window into a "window place".

### Related Patterns
... this pattern helps complete the arrangement of the windows given by [[Entrance Room (130)]], [[Zen View (134)]], [[Light on Two Sides of Every Room (159)]], [[Street Windows (164)]]. According to the pattern, at least one of the windows in each room needs to be shaped in such a way as to increase its usefulness as a space.

Make it low and self-contained if there is room for that - [[Alcoves (179)]] keep the sill low - [[Low Sill (222)]]; put in the exact positions of frames, and mullions, and seats after the window place is framed, according to the view outside - [[Built-in Seats (202)]], [[Natural Doors and Windows (221)]]. And set the window deep into the wall to soften light around the edges - [[Deep Reveals (223)]]. Under a sloping roof, use [[Dormer Windows (231)]] to make this pattern ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 833.
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