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Light: The Shape of Space: Designing with Space and Light (Architecture)

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Lighting has as much or more about how we feel towards a building, area, or room as anything else. In fact, we do not see a wall or a painting, we see the light coming from it. If that light is too bright, too dim, or the wrong color we see something different than we do under other circumstances.

This book is an explanation of what we see in things. It begins with how the eye works, how it changes with age and goes on to the nature of light, texture and spatial depth. From here he moves into the architectural area. First he talks about the different ways we percieve the things we see. Then he goes on to the Luminance Brightness Rating that gives a numerical relationship that allows for the comparison of different surfaces and other technical aspects of using light in architectural areas.

I would rank this as an intermediate level book aimed at the working architect or the advanced student.