Architecture of the night : the illuminated building / Dietrich Neumann with essays by Kermit Swiler Champa [and others].

Main entry:

Neumann, Dietrich.

Title & Author:

Architecture of the night : the illuminated building / Dietrich Neumann with essays by Kermit Swiler Champa [and others].

Publication:

Description:

238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 236).
Architectural illumination before the twentieth century / Dietrich Neumann -- A little night music : the play of color and light / Kermit Swiler Champa -- Light architecture : a new term's genesis / Werner Oechslin -- Lichtarchitektur and the avant-garde / Dietrich Neumann -- "Architecture of the night" in the U.S.A. / Dietrich Neumann -- Photography of the night : skyscraper nocturne and skyscraper noir in New York / Mary Woods -- Architectural illumination since World War II / Dietrich Neumann -- Selected projects / Karen Bouchard [and others] -- Lighting designers -- selected biographies / Karen Bouchard, Dietrich Neumann -- Historical glossary / Karen Bouchard.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.
This publication was facilitated by the CCA Study Centre Visiting Scholars Program.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Publisher Fact Sheet This unique book by the author of Film Architecture explores the modern phenomenon of architectural lighting.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

3791325876
9783791325873

Subject:

Lighting, Architectural and decorative.
Floodlighting.
Neon lighting.
Light in architecture.
Historic buildings Lighting.
Lighting, Architectural and decorative History 20th century.
Luz en la arquitectura.
Alumbrado arquitectónico y decorativo.
Monumentos históricos Iluminación.
Lumière en architecture.
Monuments historiques Éclairage.
Éclairage architectural Histoire 20e siècle.
Éclairage par projection.
Éclairage au néon.
floodlighting.
Gebouwen.
Verlichting (techniek)
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Champa, Kermit Swiler.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229827
Call No.: NA2794 .N48 2002
Status: Available

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