Title & Author:

Leuchtende Bauten : Architektur der Nacht = Luminous buildings : architecture of the night / Hrsg. Marion Ackermann, Dietrich Neumann ; texte von Marion Ackermann [and others].

Publication:

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz ; Stuttgart : Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, 2006.

Description:

151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, June 9-Oct. 1, 2006 and at NAI Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Jan. 27-May 6, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Marion Ackermann -- Luimous buildings: architectures of the night / Dietrich Neumann -- The wonders of the night: "Light architecture" in painting and photography / Simone Schimpf -- APPLICATIONS: Fireworks / Marion Ackermann -- Outline lighting / Simone Schimpf -- Floodlight / Sandy Isenstadt -- Glass blocks / Cara Schweitzer -- Reflections / Margaret Maile Petty -- Luminous advertising / Dietrich Neumann -- Luminous bodies / Dietrich Neumann -- Kinetic light / Hervé Vanel -- LOCATIONS: Lighthouse / Jean-Louis Cohen -- Exhibition pavilions / Dietrich Neumann -- Light cathedrals / Julian LaVerdiere -- Department stores / Cara Schweitzer -- Picture palaces / Wolf Tegethoff -- Filling stations / Cara Schweitzer -- Light columns / Simone Schimpf -- VISIONS: Luminous fountains / DIetrich Neumann -- Crystals / Cara Schweitzer -- City of light / Jean-Louis Cohen -- Dark visions / Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen -- Luminous streets / Hollis Clayson.
Text in English and German.

Summary:

"In recent years "light architecture" has returned as an important component of contemporary architectural design. More and more architects work with lighting designers in order to develop concepts for the nocturnal appearance of their buildings. It is little known that, despite numerous recent technical developments, the vocabulary of today's lighting designers has a long history. The large world fairs of the nineteenth century were the first testing ground for architectural illumination." "This publication juxtaposes historic buildings and architectural visions with recent designs, as well as with contemporary paintings and photographs that reacted to the changing nocturnal skyline. Essays address different aspects of this aspect of architectural history."--Jacket.

ISBN:

3775717579 (hbk.)
9783775717571 (hbk.)

Subject:

Lighting, Architectural and decorative.
Floodlighting.
Neon lighting.
Éclairage par projection.
Éclairage au néon.
floodlighting.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.

Added entries:

Ackermann, Marion.
Neumann, Dietrich.

Luminous buildings : architecture of the night

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248642
Call No.: BIB 178187
Status: Available