When the House changes after sunset.
A home should not depend on celebration to become interesting in the evening.
The Light & Celebration issue, in full
19 stories · 4 books
When the House Changes After Sunset
A home should not depend on celebration to become interesting in the evening.
10The Brief · News deskA Bright Room Is Not Always a Well-Lit RoomThe question for an architect is therefore more demanding than whether a space contains enough light.
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14Material of the MonthBrass After DarkThis is where brass becomes an architectural question rather than a decorative preference.
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20Trend PulseNewThe Wall Light as Architectural InstrumentA wall light is not defined solely by vertical mounting.
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- 28Cover DossierThe Luminous Interior: One Space, Three Readings
In this view of The Courtyard, light reveals the interior’s different scales: the closeness of a seat, the height of a wall and the connection to another floor.
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32Daylight DossierMaking Room For LightAn office begins with the practical requirements of work: a surface to draw on, a place for a screen, somewhere to meet, and room to keep objects that accumulate around a practice.
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38The InterviewDesigning with DarknessI would say that darkness is not simply an absence of lighting.
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42How It's MadeA Concealed Cove LightA concealed cove light is often judged by the simplicity of its finished appearance.
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48Object & CraftThe Indian Lantern, Re-readThe opening is not an image that light carries away intact.
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54Festive LightWhat Should Be Temporary?Something can look temporary without being physically temporary.
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58The PracticalLighting Design Basics, Room by RoomThe first useful step is to map activity before fixtures.
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66The Q&ADoes Good Lighting Really Need a False Ceiling?The important difference is between a decision and a habit.
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72We Did the MathHow Much Light Does the Table Actually Need?That answer is mathematically correct and practically incomplete.
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76From the AcademyDraw the Shadow, Not Just the WindowA window may remain unchanged throughout the day, but its consequences do not.
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82After DarkExterior Light Without Turning the Building into a BillboardA photograph alone is not an audit.
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86The Amogh ThreadPrecision Is Also Knowing What Not to LightThis makes lighting remarkably similar to editing.
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92Student ShowcaseWhere the Sun LandsA window is not a hole in a wall.
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100Field Notes · BhutanDispatchThe Buddha Dordenma, Above ThimphuEach frame isolates one relationship — figure and base, face and sky, edge and light — instead of collecting the monument as a postcard.
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104Issue TakeawayWhat Can We Check, Draw and Ask Now?The magazine closes here, but the methods remain available to use.
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