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The architecture of natural light / by Henry Plummer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2009Description: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0500342520
  • 9780500342527
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 729.28 22
LOC classification:
  • NA2794 .P48 2009b
Contents:
The other architecture: constructing metaphysical space -- Evanescence: orchestration of light to mutate through time -- Procession: choreography of light for the moving eye -- Veils of glass: refraction of light in a diaphanous film -- Atomization: sifting of light through a porous screen -- Canalization: channeling of light through a hollow mass -- Atmospheric silence: suffusion of light with a unified mood -- Luminescence: materialization of light in physical matter.
Summary: Seen through the eyes of an architect-photographer, 'The Architecture of Natural Light' considers the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings. It begins with a brief introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 729.28 PLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Issued 01/10/2024 A505770B

Includes bibliographical references.

The other architecture: constructing metaphysical space -- Evanescence: orchestration of light to mutate through time -- Procession: choreography of light for the moving eye -- Veils of glass: refraction of light in a diaphanous film -- Atomization: sifting of light through a porous screen -- Canalization: channeling of light through a hollow mass -- Atmospheric silence: suffusion of light with a unified mood -- Luminescence: materialization of light in physical matter.

Seen through the eyes of an architect-photographer, 'The Architecture of Natural Light' considers the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings. It begins with a brief introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries.

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