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Welcome to the Second Edition! The Architecture of Light makes lighting design approachable. This vivid, image packed text of lighting concepts and techniques serves as the perfect companion for lighting design students and professionals alike. Built around a successful teaching curriculum, this text provides a logical step by step progression through the phases of conceptualizing, refining, drafting and presenting lighting design. Written by a practicing professional lighting designer who is also an award winning design instructor, The Architecture of Light presents a perfect blend of visual design tools and fundamental lighting knowledge. In addition to theory and discussion, The Architecture of Light also provides complete chapters of common lighting details, case studies and a catalog of specific lighting tools. Every architect, interior designer and design student deserves a working knowledge of lighting design and this single book makes it possible.
ASIN : B00F3DWAJS
Publisher : (September 9, 2013)
Publication date : September 9, 2013
Language : English
File size : 13425 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 438 pages
Customers say
Customers find the book easy to understand and thoughtfully presented. They say it covers the basics and provides detailed examples. Readers also mention the book is helpful and enhances instructor lessons and field trips.
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Allen –
Great Intro into Lighting
The book explains the dynamic of lighting. It is well writen and just what I needed for our Residential Restoration Project. It illustrates the layering method for developing a lighting strategy.
George Lewinnek –
A book for amateurs like me who want to plan great lighting.
I needed to design the lighting for a major remodeling project. Sage Russell’s book gave me the lumens per square foot for different rooms, five different layers of design, and examples of fixtures that are available, including low-level lights for stairs that I would not have thought about otherwise. The layers (if I remember correctly) are clear over-lays that he uses to plan (1) guiding people’s paths in or through the space, (2) task lighting, (3) accent lighting, (4) mood lighting, and (5) lighting architectural details. The lighting that I now plan does not have all of these layers in every room, but it is more sophisticated than what I could have done without this book. It is also more sophisticated than what design professionals without specific lighting training may do. I loved this book.
Sunny Skies –
Textbook Used for Lighting for Interior Designers Class
As an interior design student, this was a textbook selected for my lighting class. I have really enjoyed this book. It is easy-to-understand and explains concepts clearly. The photographs and diagrams are really helpful. It has provided basic foundation knowledge for my class and enhances instructor lessons and field trips. What I like is that it gets into how lighting is really used in the arena of a design professional. I love lighting stores, but did not realize how much goes into creating a lighting design that is functional and efficient. Each chapter was thoughtfully presented and incorporated photographs and renderings that applied to the principle being taught.I am very happy with this book which is definitely a keeper!
Allison H –
Good
Good book for school, but there are quite a few grammatical and spelling errors.
Jorge Rocafort –
Excellent architectural lighting textbook for architecture students
As a teacher of Environmental Control Systems, for architecture students (which includes both Illumination and Acoustics, my main field of interest) I needed a text capable of providing a design approach, coupled broadly to the technical aspects of the discipline. Sage Russell’s book clearly accomplishes this masterfully, and has gained a following among the Studio Design professors as well. The materials are stimulating and the writing is entertaining. I can truly recommend it in this context.
Ole Simo –
Good intro
I just redesigned and remodeled my entire house and was extremely happy with everything except for the lighting. As a mechanical engineer I just didn’t think about this crucial aspect to the design, and wish that I’d read this book before putting in normal stuff with fairly pedestrian results! We added accent lighting where necessary and even moved a couple of lights, there’s nothing more “fun” than moving a light and having a sheetrock repair in BRAND NEW sheetrock. Read this book FIRST and avoid that lovely experience 🙂
Marcus DiPietro –
Excellent textbook and practical manual
As a practicing architect, I find this book to be spot on. I appreciate the author’s focus on providing concise explanation of lighting techniques and methods. I also find his suggested design process to be very effective as well as efficient. Finally, as a lighting designer, he offers many valuable tips along the way on how to avoid pitfalls in typical lighting solutions. My lighting designs have improved significantly.
Noor –
An organize and easy to understand textbook
This book is very organized and everything is easy to understand. all the headlines bolded and the graphics are colored. Also, all the headlines and the important information were bolded.
Jordi Ballesta –
Es un libro base para la gente que quiere aprender la relación entre Iluminación + Arquitectura.Yo lo recomendarÃa sin dudar.
tode –
lots of information about light
Cristina Dumitrescu –
Clear, comprehensive, well illustrated and explained.