Peter Tregenza

The Design of Lighting (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 chapters on the behaviour of light and on the context of design;
• 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134487011
• Artikelnr.: 39933914

Autorenporträt

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 on the relationship between the lit environment and human performance. Both authors have lectured extensively throughout the world and received prestigious awards for their research.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Foundations 1. Observing Light 2. Describing Light 3. Describing
Colour 4. Light and Vision 5. Lamps and Luminaires 6. Sun and Sky 7. Models
and Calculations 8. Measuring Light Part 2: Design 9. Ambience and Place
10. Lighting to Increase Visibility: Tasks and Display 11. Design in
Practice Part 3: Applications 12. Desk-based Workplaces 12.1 A School
Classroom Worked Example 1: Average Daylight Factor Worked Example 2:
Sunlight Penetration Worked Example 3: Lumen Method Worked Example 4:
Energy Use 12.2 Offices Professional Design Example I:SHI International
Corp World Headquarters, New Jersey, USA 13. Buildings for Display 13.1
Retail Spaces 13.2 Art Galleries and Museums Worked Example 5: Illuminating
a Picture, Point Source Calculation Professional Design Example II: The New
Acropolis Museum, Athens 14 Residential Care Buildings Professional Design
Example III: Colliers Gardens Extra Care Housing, Fishponds, North Bristol,
UK Worked Example 6: Sunpaths and Vertical Sky Componentn 15. Hotels:
Public Rooms Professional Design Example IV: Mandarin Oriental Hotels,
Geneva and Prague 16. Exterior Lighting: Buildings and Pathways 16.1
Floodlighting a Building Worked Example 7: Presentation of Floodlighting
Designs 16.2 Pedestrian Routes and Surrounding Areas Professional Design
Example V: Devonshire Square, London, UK 16.3 Conclusions 17. References
and Further Reading 18. Data