TY - BOOK AU - Descottes,Hervé AU - Ramos,Cecilia E. TI - Architectural lighting: designing with light and space T2 - Architecture briefs SN - 9781568989389 (pbk.: alk. paper) AV - NA2794 .D47 2011 U1 - 729.28 DES 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Princeton Architectural Press KW - Light in architecture KW - Lighting N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 142); 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 ER -