The focus of daylighting design is the comfort and happiness of users. People respond in many ways to light, and experience it in terms of what is recognised and felt, not as photometric
values. So good design is subtle and many-faceted. It is a concern for the human body's dependence on daylight, for what gives joy and interest, for the creation of `place', for a building's
effect on its surroundings. A focus on people is essential to the creation of buildings which are sustainable within the natural world.
This authoritative and multi-disciplinary book provides architects, lighting specialists, and anyone else working daylight into design, with all the tools needed to incorporate this most
fundamental element of architecture.
The book is centred on practical daylighting design. It describes how new thinking about peoples' needs and about the requirements of sustainability is leading to a radical shift in daylighting
design practice.
Daylighting: Architecture and Lighting Design is a book which should trigger creative thought. It recognises that good lighting design needs both knowledge and imagination.
