Architecture of natural light :

Plummer, Henry

Architecture of natural light : with 465 illustrations, 408 in colour / by Henry Plummer - London : Thames & Hudson, 2009. - 255 p. : col. ill.

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

Considers the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings. This title offers an introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries. It also considers the particular uses of light through many disciplines, from art history to film and literature.

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