Lighting modern buildings / Derek Phillips.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.

Analysis -- Seeing--perception -- Daylight -- Sources other than daylight (artificial light) -- Hardware -- Building structure -- Installation and maintenance -- Building services -- Seeing/perception -- Vision and perception -- Visual acuity -- Glare -- Emotion and Intellect -- Clarity of Structure -- Contact with the world outside -- Natural colour -- Variety -- Age and health -- Daylight -- The importance of windows -- A brief history of the development of daylight design -- The unique qualities of daylight -- Change and variety -- Modelling and orientation -- Sunlight effect -- Colour -- View -- Energy -- Thermal comfort -- Noise -- Structure -- Window types -- Vertical -- Horizontal -- The Window Wall -- Overhead windows -- Concealed windows -- Glass -- Design -- Strategy -- Light sources other than daylight -- History -- Lamp types -- Incandescent -- Discharge lamps -- Quality -- General diffusing light -- Downlight -- Uplight -- Wall washing -- Spotlights -- Concealed lighting -- Local light/task light -- Comfort -- Hardware -- Lighting methods -- Direct-mounted fittings -- Suspended fittings -- Track-mounted -- Concealed lighting/remote source -- Portable fittings -- Control -- Control gear -- Control systems -- Building structure -- Structure and light -- Expressed structure -- Concealed structure -- The structure as light fitting -- Co-ordination of structure with lighting elements -- Structural integrity and clarity -- Night appearance -- Installation and maintenance -- Building function.

"This is an important book, written by one of the top lighting designers in the country. Written at the end of a career as an architect and lighting designer, the book draws on the experience gained while living through a period of intense lighting development, from 1956 up to the millenium. It bridges the gap between the present day architect and lighting engineer, from the viewpoint of the 'independent lighting designer'.; 'Lighting Modern Buildings' documents the part played by the independent lighting designer, leading to a greater understanding by architects and lighting engineers of the importance of lighting in architectural design. The book starts with an exploration of the basic human needs of vision and the perception of our exterior world...the intellectual and the physical...since this is what lighting is all about. To do this, it is necessary to trace the development of daylight from earliest times up to the present day; the starting point for any lighting design is the 'natural' source.Whilst an essential understanding of the role of daylight is the beginning, a knowledge of the various forms and properties of artificial light is essential; not only at night but during the day. In early buildings, there was one form of light - daylight - during the day and another - artificial - at night. No attempt was made to integrate the two. The situation today is different; there are many reasons for this, not least in the possibilities of modern structure. The book therefore has extensive coverage of day and night lighting and how it is designed to provide optimum solutions in building design.A major portion of Derek Phillips' book is devoted to 'design'. Sufficient technical detail is provided in the book to permit an understanding of the design principles of each scheme. Schemes illustrated vary from small domestic buildings, churches and workplace, to those devoted to leisure and sport. At the end of each section a series of conclusions are drawn leading to a philosophy of lighting design.̥arn how to design optimum lighting solutionsծderstand how to bridge the gap between architects and lighting engineersĩscover how to integrate natural and artificial light sources"--Publisher description.

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