| Description |
1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Series |
Design and the Built Environment Ser |
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Design and the Built Environment Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- About the authors -- 1 History of light, shades, and shadows -- The ancient civilisations -- Ancient Egypt -- Ancient Greece -- Ancient Rome -- Ancient Far East -- The vernacular language -- Vernacular architecture in East Asia -- The modern architecture of daylight -- 2 Structures of light: Daylight and place-making -- Daylight and the theory of place -- Spatial enclosure and daylight -- Elements of spatial definition |
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3 Reading daylight: Performance in the urban environment -- The track of the sun -- Climate, sky conditions, and light -- The nature of the site -- Reflected sunlight and skylight -- The architecture of D-Light -- Daylighting studies -- Daylight performance and façades' component-related variables -- 4 Daylight and health -- The "Sunshine Vitamin" -- "Restorative" qualities of contact with daylight and nature -- Shifting boundaries: Sun exposure avoidance versus overexposure -- Optimising the right region of the spectrum -- between sunlight and shade -- Well-being and the biology of daylight |
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5 Delight of heritage -- Daylight in historic buildings -- Building adaptive re-use -- Restoration of heritage sites -- Museums -- Daylighting requirements in museums -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Al-Maiyah, Sura
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| ISBN |
9781317154655 |
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1317154657 |
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