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The Design of Lighting
Peter Tregenza
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Description for The Design of Lighting
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white tables, 91 colour illustrations, 78 colour line drawings. BIC Classification: AMC; AMR; TNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 272 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 814.
This fully updated edition of the successful book The Design of Lighting, provides the lighting knowledge needed by the architect in practice, the interior designer and students of both disciplines.
The new edition offers a clear structure, carefully selected material and linking of lighting with other subjects, in order to provide the reader with a comprehensive and specifically architectural approach to lighting. Features of this new edition include:
- technical knowledge of lighting in the context of architectural design;
- an emphasis on imagination in architectural light and presentation of the tools necessary in practice for creative design;
- additional ... Read more
- a strong emphasis on sustainable design and energy saving, with data and examples;
- analyses of actual lighting schemes and references to current standards and design guides;
- an up-to-date review of lamp and lighting technology, with recommendations on the choice of equipment;
- a revision of the calculation section, with examples and step-by-step instructions, based on recent student feedback about the book.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415522465
SKU
V9780415522465
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99-1
About Peter Tregenza
The authors are known internationally for teaching and research in lighting. Peter Tregenza was Professor of Architectural Science at the University of Sheffield where his teaching was to architecture students and his research was on daylighting. David Loe founded the postgraduate course in Light and Lighting at University College London and directed the course for many years. His research focused ... Read more
Reviews for The Design of Lighting
"The use of the term "guidebook" is intentional in that the apparent goal of the book in concept, if not in the overall size of the book, is to provide all the knowledge one would need as we journey into the "unknown" intending to provide light; a most interesting and intriguing concept in this age of electronic knowledge." – Fred ... Read more