The Architecture of Light : Recent Approaches to Designing with Natural Light.

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 environ...

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Main Author: Steane, Mary Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
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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 set.
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135655884
113565588X