%0 Journal Article %T Architecture of winter gardens open to sunlight %A Wehle-Strzelecka, Stanisława %J Housing Environment %V 2017 %R 10.4467/25438700SM.17.043.7664 %N 20/2017 %P 23-34 %K architecture, ecological architecture, winter garden, sunlight %@ 1731-2442 %D 2017 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/architecture-of-winter-gardens-open-to-sunlight %X The article presents the role and meaning of winter gardens in the process of shaping the contemporary residential architecture, as well as their contemporary concepts accompanying residential architecture along with their aesthetics and technological solutions against the background of the evolution of their architectural form over centuries. The renaissance of winter garden was particularly vivid in recent decades, with the development of pro-eco and sustainable architecture.