Biographical note: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Boubekri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Das vorrangige Ziel von Tageslichtsystemen besteht darin, für bestimmte Gebäudetypen und Klimaverhältnisse Tageslicht maximal zu nutzen. Das Buch dokumentiert mit besonderem Bezug au…
Light in Architecture explores the role and use of light in and around buildings from the time that Stonehenge was built through to the present day, illustrating how a greater understanding of this intangible and free material will lead us to better architecture and, ultimately,…
"Darkness has a history and a uniquely modern form. Distinct from night, shadows, and artificial light, "artificial darkness" has been overlooked - until now. In fact, controlled darkness was essential to the rise of photography and cinema, science and spectacle, and a century o…
When was photography invented? In 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photo…
When was photography invented? In 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photo…
When was photography invented? In 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photo…
When was photography invented? In 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photo…