The architecture of natural light / by Henry Plummer.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2009Description: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0500342520
- 9780500342527
- 729.28 22
- NA2794 .P48 2009b
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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