“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

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Did you know that when the first street lamp was invented and installed in the street of Paris, not so far back in the 19th century, people protested and destroyed the lamp with spears? 

Light is an interesting subject and here’s a list of reading to understand more about: 

  1. In Praise of Shadow by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
  2. Designing with Shadows: Lighting Design for Urban Environment and Architecture by Kaoru Mende + Lighting Planners Associates
  3. LPA 1990-2015: Tide of Architectural Lighting Design by Kaoru Mende + Lighting Planners Associates
  4. Handbook of Lighting Design by Rüdiger Ganslandt and Harald Hofmann
  5. Between Silence and Light: Spirit in the Architecture of Louis Kahn by John Lobell
  6. Lighting Design: A Perception Based Approach by Christopher Cuttle
  7. Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for The Built Environment edited by Navaz Davoudian
  8. Illuminated Paris: Essays on Art and Lighting in The Belle Epoque by Hollis Clayson
  9. Electric Light: An Architectural History by Sandy Isenstadt
  10. Light for Art’s Sake:Lighting for Artworks and Museum Displays by Christopher Cuttle
  11. Light Revealing Architecture by Marriet S. Millet
  12. Architectural Lighting: Designing with Light and Space by Hervé Descottes with Cecilia E. Ramos
  13. The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in An Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogard
  14. Lighting as an Integral Part of Architecture by Richard Kelly
  15. Catching the Light by Arthur Zajonc
  16. Illuminating: Natural Light in Residential Architecture by Michelle Corrodi and Klaus Spechtenhauser
  17. The Landscape Lighting Book by Janet Lennox Moyer
  18. Light Zone City: Light Planning in the Urban Context by Christa can Santen
  19. Light for Cities: Lighting Design for Urban Space by Ulrike Brandi and Christoph Geissmar-Brandi
  20. The Design of Lighting by Peter Tregenza and David Loe
  21. Human Factors in Lighting by Peter R. Boyce
  22. Billmeyer and Saltzman’s Principles of Color Technology by Roy S. Berns