Architecture of light: Recent approaches to designing with natural light

By:

Steane, Mary

Language: ENG Publication details: New York Routledge 2011Edition: 1st EdDescription: ix, 246 Pages | Binding - Paperback |ISBN:

978-0-415-39479-6

Subject(s):

SPEAKING OF LIGHT; DESERT TENT; DECIDING THE COLOURING OF THINGS; READING LIGHT AT SEINAJOKI; ENLIGHTENING CONVERSATION; SEENG THE LIGHT; O'DONNELL AND TUMEY'S; INVERSE LIGHT; NEW LIGHT FOR OLD ACROSS LONDON; THE ELECTRICITY OF DAYLIGHT
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE (AR-IA)

DDC classification:

729.28 STE DDC23

Summary: Reviewing the use of natural light by architects in the era of electricity, this book aims to show that natural light not only remains a potential source of order in architecture, but that natural lighting strategies impose a usefully creative discipline on design. Considering an approach to environmental context that sees light as a critical aspect of place, this book explores current attitudes to natural light by offering a series of in-depth studies of recent projects and the particular lighting issues they have addressed. It gives a more nuanced appraisal of these lighting strategies by setting them within their broader topographic, climatic and cultural contexts.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	School of Architecture General Stacks	Circulation	729.28 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	A2088

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Reviewing the use of natural light by architects in the era of electricity, this book aims to show that natural light not only remains a potential source of order in architecture, but that natural lighting strategies impose a usefully creative discipline on design.

Considering an approach to environmental context that sees light as a critical aspect of place, this book explores current attitudes to natural light by offering a series of in-depth studies of recent projects and the particular lighting issues they have addressed. It gives a more nuanced appraisal of these lighting strategies by setting them within their broader topographic, climatic and cultural contexts.

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