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Seen through the eyes of an architect-photographer, The Architecture of Natural Light is the first publication to consider the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings. This comprehensive and thoughtful survey begins with a brief introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries. For all those seeking to or interested in creating space that transcends the physical, The Architecture of Natural Light is a powerful and poetic yet practical survey that provides an original and timeless approach to contemporary architecture.

• The first volume to consider one of the fundamental elements of architecture throughout history: the use of natural light in building.
• Seven chapters are devoted to specific qualities of natural light, and each includes an introduction that considers the particular uses of light through many disciplines, from art history to film and literature.
• Includes some fifty case studies of buildings and projects from around the world.
• Considers works by the world’s most influential architects, among them Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Frank Gehry, Álvaro Siza, Alberto Campo Baeza, Rafael Moneo, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel, Fumihiko Make and Toyo Ito.

Table of Contents

Introduction –The Other Architecture: Constructing Metaphysical Space • 1. Evanescence: Orchestration of Light to Mutate through Time • 2. Procession: Choreography of Light for the Moving Eye • 3. Veils of Glass: Refraction of Light in a Diaphanous Film • 4. Atomization: Sifting of Light through a Porous Screen • 5. Canalization: Channelling of Light through a Hollow Mass • 6. Atmospheric Silence: Suffusion of Light with a Unified Mood • 7. Luminescence: Materialization of Light in Physical Matter