DAYLIGHTING

Elsevier/Architectural Press, Oxford, 2004.  ISBN 0-7506-6323-5.  Large format soft cover, 212 pages including Bibliography, Glossary and Indices.  Very good plus; just a touch of corner and edge wear; tight binding; interior clean and unmarked with white, bright pages.  Includes photos, floor plans, diagrams and sketches in colour and black & white.  ‘Daylighting offers a general theory and introduction into the use of natural light in architecture.  … As sustainability becomes a core principal for designers, daylighting comes to the fore as an alternative to artificial, energy consuming light. … He goes on to show through a series of beautifully illustrated case studies how architects have created buildings in which natural light plays a major strategic role in the development of the design of a building.’ (from rear wrap)