Designer/entrepreneur Karin Jeske has the
building blocks all set for SoCal's Tesselle

Imagine a row of decorative 'breeze blocks' standing outside your home—either as a simple decorative partition or an entire wall—casting eye-catching geometric shadows as they filter out the summer sun.

Now imagine Tesselle, a Southern California-based manufacturer of these masonry blocks—also known as screen blocks or 'brise soleil'—standing tall and proud behind their belief that 'breeze block is back.'

Breeze blocks are not for everyone. But for so many mid-century modern homes, they offer an attractive design element like no other. Their pleasing patterns lend themselves to a feeling of security and openness that is appealing to contemporary architects who see an opportunity to reinterpret them in the 21st century, and make something old new again.

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