Lighting in Art & Architecture Books
Material Properties Books
An Engineer Imagines by Peter Rice, TH140.R5 E44 1994 Colorful accounts of design adventures by famous architects' favorite Arup engineer
Lightness : the inevitable renaissance of minimum energy structures by Adriaan Beukers, TA663 .B48 2005 Examines structural innovations throughout time by considering essential principles. The dutch flair for presentation makes the examples look interesting.
Immaterial/ultramaterial : architecture, design, and materials, Harvard Design School, NA2543.T43 I464 2002 Experiments with emerging materials that portend future architectural applications.
Transmaterial a catalog of materials that redefine our physical environment 1 TA403.6 .B76 2006, & Transmaterial 2, TA403.6 .T15 2008
Material Architecture: emergent materials for innovative buildings and ecological construction by John Fernandez, TA403.6 .F47 2006
Design Process Books
- Arnheim, Rudolf. 1974. Art and visual perception. The psychology of the creative eye. The new version. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. N71 .A67 1974
- Buxton, Bill, Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design, Morgan Kaufman, 2007. Vivid explanation of user-centered design process, dynamic illustrations and stories of what did or didn't work. Product and web design focus translates easily to architecture. TS171 .B89 2007
- Lawson, Bryan. 1990. How designers think: The design process demystified. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth. Walks through sketching processes, includes well-known architects. NK1510 .L4 2006
- March, L., and P. Steadman. The geometry of environment. An introduction to spatial organization in design. London: RIBA, 1971. Classic demonstration of how geometric transformations are used in architecture. NA2750 .M26 1974
- Schön, D.A. The reflective practitioner. How professionals think in action. New York: Basic Books, 1983. Influential analysis of design process. HD8038.A1S35 1983
Light Artists & Designers' Links
- Olafur Eliasson creates provocative installations and structures exploring material properties, geometry and perception.
- Yann Kersale plays with light, color, surface and transparency in installations such as the courtyard of Jean Nouvel's Musee de Quai Branley.
- James Turrell creates visual experiences with natural and electrical light in the Pomona SkySpace.
- Bauhaus-era Laslo Maholy Nagy photos, photograms and light devices reveal a constant search for new possibilities.
- James Carpenter Design Associates creates beautiful architectural installations using glass and optical effects to heighten site-specific phenomenon.
Lighting Design Links - Technical information
- Digital Lighting and Rendering by Jeremy Birn explains how to set up convincing scenes like a photographer. His tips work for many kinds of software.
- Jim Benya's website provides Powerpoint files from his presentations on Lighting Design Basics, Energy-Saving Lighting and new products such as LED lighting.
- Illumination Engineering Society's Oregon chapter will give workshops Jan-Feb 2009 at UO's White Stag Building. Website has presentation files.
- Joel Loveland's Daylighting Lab has some strong how-to material online. The Lessons Learned 2003 presentation is very clear and nicely illustrated.
Lighting Design Competitions
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