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.
ISBN: | 9780415394789 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Imprint: | Routledge |
Published date: | 26 Apr 2011 |
DEWEY: | 729.28 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 246 |
Weight: | 784g |
Height: | 254mm |
Width: | 176mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |