TY - BOOK AU - Plummer,Henry TI - The architecture of natural light SN - 0500342520 AV - NA2794 .P48 2009b U1 - 729.28 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Light in architecture N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -