| The Architecture of Light: Recent Approaches to Designing with Natural Light Contributor(s): Steane, Mary Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415394791 ISBN-13: 9780415394796 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Reference |
| Dewey: 729.28 |
| LCCN: 2010041747 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.85" W x 9.69" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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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