77 Best Lighting Design Books


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Light is an essential element to perceive architecture and to live and work in buildings. Therefore architects, lighting designers, teachers and researchers haven written inspirational books about light. They have shared their valuable theories and turned their experience into guidelines to improve daylight design and the art of illumination. 

This collection offers a useful source of the best lighting design books for students, professionals and academics. The book list is grouped in categories: Daylight, illumination, urban lighting, media facades, landscape lighting, light collections, culture, monography, history, stage lighting and light art. In each section the volumes appear in alphabetical order with recent books in the beginning followed by classic publications. Discover fascinating publications that will enlighten your perception and understanding of light and space.

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