Architectural lighting: designing with light and space

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Six visual principles of light

Illuminance

Luminance

Color and temperature

Height

Density

Direction and distribution

Analysis

High Line, New York, New York, United States

Newtown Creek Water Pollution Treatment Plant, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Jules Verne, Paris, France

Beige, Tokyo, Japan

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Essays

A conversation with Steven Holl

Sensations of light, Sylvain Dubuisson

Light and landscape, James Corner

Appendices

Lighting fixture layout and illuminance calculations

Appendix A: Historical timeline of light sources

Appendix B: Recommended illuminance values

Appendix C: Color temperature vs. color rendering index of light sources

Appendix D: Basic characteristics of general light sources

Appendix E: Lighting symbol legend.