Nobody who has experienced an installation by James Turrell forgets the encounter-he makes light tangible in ways that boggle perception and almost seem to defy physics, as if you could reach into the space you see when you close your eyes. A lifelong explorer of perceptual psychology, Turrell is undoubtedly the most influential contemporary light artist, as well as one of America''s most popular artists. In Geometry of Light, the first significant Turrell survey in many years, an extraordinary body of work covering several decades is assessed.

Light is the prerequisite for spatial perception which is why it is an integral component of architecture. Light design in architecture has become more lively and also more colorful in the last few years. The projects selected for this publication show how good design can be considerably improved with the right light. For interior design, the purpose of the introduction of natural light and the use of artificial light is to create a spatial experience: certain areas are accentuated, spatial units are defined and differing atmospheres are established. Illumination also plays a role with exteriors, not just at night. In addition to the form emphasizing role of light, a striking illumination can lend the building an emblematic uniqueness.

Nordic Light is a 240-pages book with a wide array of lighting projects in nordic architecture as well as essays about light in late 19th century art form. The book contains architects and comtemporary artists such as Sn¢hetta, Olafur Eliasson, Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects and Henning Larsen Architects. The graphic elements presented in the book is an interpretation between northern lights and architectural sketching.

Dagslys er en grundpræmis. Ikke bare i arkitekturen, men i menneskets eksistens. Lyset skaber en logisk og meningsfuld helhed i vores liv og har stor betydning for vores sundhed og trivsel. Men det kan også bruges som et virkemiddel til renovering, modernisering og transformering af vores byer og bygninger. Renovering med dagslys kan dirkete omsættes til et mere attraktivt byrum, sundere boliger og en lavere elregning. Det er det, vi kalder dagslysrenovering.

Reviewing the use of natural light by architects in the era of electricity, this book aims to show that natural light not only remains a potential source of order in architecture, but that natural lighting strategies impose a usefully creative discipline on design. Considering an approach to environmental context that sees light as a critical aspect of place, this book explores current attitudes to natural light by offering a series of in-depth studies of recent projects and the particular lighting issues they have addressed. It gives a more nuanced appraisal of these lighting strategies by setting them within their broader topographic, climatic and cultural contexts.

En boligs belysning er afg¢rende for, hvordan hjemmet opleves og fungerer. I ''Sans for lys'' vises, hvordan man kan skabe en smuk og funktionel belysning i eget hjem via 17 inspirerende boliger, der anvender lys vidt forskelligt. Ved hjælp af smukke billeder og oplysende tekst får man en forståelse for lys og lyssætning. Bogen giver desuden indf¢ring i mange af lysets aspekter og har en række temaartikler, der viser, hvordan man blandt andet sætter lys i k¢kken, stue og ved arbejdsbord og spiseplads.

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. 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. This is the perfect title for anyone interested in creating space that transcends the physical.

The effect of light cannot be overestimated. The most splendid interior will not shine without adequate lighting. In the last few years, a new school of lamp designers and light manufacturers have taken the lead in creating and developing a new frontier of domestic lighting. These innovative solutions reflect the cutting-edge of contemporary furniture design, interior design, and architecture as much as a recent quantum leap in illumination technology. Lux offers an inspiring range of these current approaches to lamps and lighting that represent a fundamental change in the aesthetic and technical possibilities available.

Fundamentals of Lighting, 2nd Edition builds upon the first edition''s need to have a textbook on quality lighting from a design perspective and has pedagogical strategies that have particular appeal to the millennial generation. The 2nd Edition also emphasizes the sustainability characteristics of daylighting and electrical lighting. To conceptualize and design a quality lighting environment requires an understanding of how daylight, luminaires, electrical sources and control systems will affect people and the built environment. To help students to understand these effects Fundamentals of Lighting, 2nd Edition has almost an entirely new art program with over 300 photographs of global interiors and new lighting systems.

Architectural Lighting provides both a critical approach to and a conceptual framework for understanding the application of lighting in the built environment. The key considerations of lighting design are illuminated through accessible texts and instructional diagrams. Six built projects provide readers with concrete examples of the ways in which these principles are applied. Short essays by architect Steven Holl, artist Sylvain Dubuisson, and landscape architect James Corner explore the role of lighting in defining spatial compositions.

In addition to its practical functions, such as helping to optimize safety and security, lighting also has another principal task creating emotions. Light and color can be used to achieve the most varied and astonishing effects. These effects are dependent on the project and spatial environment, but they also depend in large measure on cultural context. This study is based on forty-seven interviews with leading lighting designers from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. For the first time, it explores in a systematic fashion what aesthetic, emotional,and atmospheric tasks a good lighting design can accomplish. The international diversity of the interviewed designers makes for surprising insights. Universal constants are pointed out, but so are the remarkable differences in reception and effect that are occasioned by different societies and cultures. It is imperative, then, for professional lighting designers and architects to familiarize themselves with these lighting

With over seven hundred color illustrations of works by all of the important light artists-a new standard work on the subject. More than almost any other medium, electric light has revolutionized and democratized our world. Today we live in cities and gardens of light, and for almost a century, artists have been working with light bulbs, fluorescent and neon light, glowing LEDs, and powerful spotlights. This comprehensive publication offers a broad overview of the development of this genre, from the pioneers of light art in the 1920s and the immersing and interactive environments of ZERO, GRAV, Gruppo T, and Gruppo N, to the early light artists from Europe and North and South America. Outstanding contemporary productionsùwith their profound illuminated spheres, ironic cross-references, and fascinating plays of filigreed lightùcomplete this glowing spectrum of explorations of artificial light.

Light is the element that reveals architecture. It renders texture and materials, illuminates surfaces and spaces, it creates atmospheres. The present book is a suggestive and useful guide for those who are conscious of the main role natural light and artificial lighting play in architecture, landscape and interior design.

Equipped with cameras, sketchbooks and photometers, members of the Lighting Detectives survey the nightscapes of cities of the world, measuring the glare of street lights and illuminated advertising signs while searching for the perfect example of indirect lighting. It all forms part of their field work and research which examines different lighting cultures and environments. 

Hvor kommer den tilsyneladende hunger efter dagslys fra? Og garanterer større vinduer automatisk bedre lys? Udfra sådanne spørgsmål behandles lyset i arkitekturen, der diskuteres både gennerelle karakteristika og særlige forhold i en intelligent tilgang til det naturlige lys, og der ses på dem i et større perspektiv indenfor arkitektur- og kulturhistorie.