Now available in paperback this is the first publication to consider the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings.
The Architecture of Natural Light is a powerful, poetic yet practical survey that provides an original and timeless approach to contemporary architecture. As a comprehensive and thoughtful survey, the book begins with a brief introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries. Separate chapters follow, devoted to specific qualities of natural light, and each includes an introduction that considers the particular uses of light through many disciplines, from art history to film and literature.
The book includes works by the world’s most influential architects, among them Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Frank Gehry, Álvaro Siza, Alberto Campo Baeza, Rafael Moneo, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel, Fumihiko Make and Toyo Ito. This is the perfect title for anyone interested in creating space that transcends the physical.
Now available in paperback this is the first publication to consider the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings.
The Architecture of Natural Light is a powerful, poetic yet practical survey that provides an original and timeless approach to contemporary architecture. As a comprehensive and thoughtful survey, the book begins with a brief introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries. Separate chapters follow, devoted to specific qualities of natural light, and each includes an introduction that considers the particular uses of light through many disciplines, from art history to film and literature.
The book includes works by the world’s most influential architects, among them Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Frank Gehry, Álvaro Siza, Alberto Campo Baeza, Rafael Moneo, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel, Fumihiko Make and Toyo Ito. This is the perfect title for anyone interested in creating space that transcends the physical.
CONTENTS
- Introduction – 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: Channelling of Light through a Hollow Mass
- Atmospheric Silence: Suffusion of Light with a Unified Mood
- Luminescence: Materialization of Light in Physical Matter
