Windows of Light
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Longmore, James, "Lighting," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, 2003
Illuminating Engineering Society Los Angeles
Museum of Neon Art, in Glendale
The Neon Museum, Las Vegas
Banham, Reyner, The architecture of the well-tempered environment, University of Chicago Press, TH6021.B27 (Especially chapters 4, 7 and 10)
Edensor, Tim, From light to dark : daylight, illumination, and gloom, University of Minnesota Press, QC372.E34 2017
Edwards, Nina, Darkness : a cultural history, Reaktion Books, QC372.E39 2018
Collins, Kristen & Nancy K. Turner (Editors), Lumen : the art and science of light, 800-1600, Getty Publications, N8219.L5L85 2024
Dunn, Nick & Tim Edensor (Editors), Rethinking Darkness : Cultures, Histories, Practices, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Isenstadt, Sandy, et al. (Editors), Cities of light : two centuries of urban illumination, Routledge, TK4188.C58 2015
Isenstadt, Sandy, “Architecture in a New Light.: Architects and Illuminating Engineers in the Early 20th Century United States”, Electric Worlds / Mondes Électriques: Creations, Circulations, Tensions, Transitions (19th–21st C.), edited by Alain Beltran et al., Peter Lang, 2016, pp. 81–102 (Available via Jstor)
Isenstadt, Sandy, Electric light : an architectural history, MIT Press, TK4188.I84 2018
Mandelkern, India, Electric Moons : A Social History of Street Lighting in Los Angeles, Hat & Beard Press, TP741.M271E382 2023
Milano, Ronit (Editor), Light in a Socio-Cultural Perspective, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Neumann, Dietrich, “‘The Century’s Triumph in Lighting’: The Luxfer Prism Companies and Their Contribution to Early Modern Architecture”, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 54, no. 1, 1995, pp. 24–53 (Available via Jstor)
Nye, David E., American Illuminations : Urban Lighting, 1800-1920, MIT Press, 2018 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Petty, Margaret Maile, “Illuminating the Glass Box: The Lighting Designs of Richard Kelly”, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 66, no. 2, 2007, pp. 194–219 (Available via Jstor)
Schivelbusch, Wolfgang, Disenchanted night : the industrialization of light in the nineteenth century, University of California Press, GT440.S3513 1988
Wilson, Kristina, “The Avant-Garde and the Conservative in Lighting Design: The Modernism of Walter W. Kantack”, Studies in the Decorative Arts, vol. 14, no. 2, 2007, pp. 117–44 (Available via Jstor)
Achilles, Andreas, Basics Glass Construction, Birkhäuser-De Gruyter, 2009
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Bos, Freek., et al, Challenging glass: conference on architectural and structural applications of glass, IOS Press, 2012 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Cowen, Painton, The rose window : splendour and symbol, Thames & Hudson, NK5308.C645 2005
Cremers, Jan, Building Openings Construction Manual : Windows, Vents, Exterior Doors, Business Information, 2016 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Dillon, Sarah, Seeing Renaissance Glass : Art, Optics, and Glass of Early Modern Italy, 1250-1425, Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated, 2018 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Ehrlich, Doreen, Frank Lloyd Wright glass, Courage Books, NK5398.W78E37 2000
Eskilson, Stephen, The age of glass: a cultural history of glass in modern and contemporary architecture, Bloomsbury Academic, NA4140 .E85 2018
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Jütte, Daniel, Transparency : the material history of an idea, Yale University Press, NA3020 .J88 2023
Kaltenbach, Frank & Rowland Pawlitschko, “Transparency, translucence – developments in construction materials,” Detail (English edition), 2013, #2, p.174-182
Krippner, Roland & Florian Musso, Basics Facade Apertures, Birkhäuser-De Gruyter, 2008 (Available via degruyter.com)
Kurmann-Schwarz, Brigitte & Elizabeth Pastan, Investigations in Medieval Stained Glass : Materials, Methods, and Expressions, Brill 2019 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Leslie, Thomas, “Glass and Light: The Influence of Interior Illumination on the Chicago School”, Journal of Architectural Education (1984-), vol. 58, no. 1, 2004, pp. 13–24 (Available via Jstor)
Lillich, Meredith Parsons, The armor of light : stained glass in western France, 1250-1325, University of California Press, NK5349.A3N675 1994
Louw, Hentie, & Robert Crayford, “A Constructional History of the Sash-Window c. 1670-c.1725”, Architectural History (Available via Jstor) Part 1. Part 2.
Material Connexion Glass collection
Müller-Schareck, Maria (Editor), Fresh widow : the window in art since Matisse and Duchamp,Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen & Hatje Cantz, N8261.W56F74 2012
Na, Jinyoun (editor), Glass, DAMDI Publishing House, NA4140 .G53 2018
Reichel, Alexander & Kerstin Schultz (Editors), Open/close : windows, doors, loggias, filters, Birkhäuser, NA3000.H6213 2010
Rowe, Colin, & Robert Slutzky. “Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal”, Perspecta, #8, 1963 & #13/14, 1971 (Available via Jstor) Part 1. & Part 2.
Schittich, Christian, et al (Editors), Glas = Glass, Birkhäuser Edition Detail, NA4140 .G53x 2014
Teyssot, Georges, “Windows and Screens: A Topology Of the Intimate and The Extimate”, Log, #18, 2010, pp. 75–88 (Available via Jstor)
U.S. Glass Magazine “devoted exclusively to the architectural glass industry”
Cameron, Bob, Illumination and Decoration of Flat Surfaces, CSIRO Publishing, 2009 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Cayless, M. A., Lamps and Lighting, CRC Press LLC, 1996 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Egan, David M. & Victor W. Olgyay, Architectural lighting, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, TH7703.E33 2002
Ignite : the art of Lighting Design Alliance, Visual Profile Books, NK2115.5.L5I4658 2012
Kepes, Gyorgy, “Light and Design”, special issue of Design Quarterly, # 68, 1967 (Available via Jstor)
Lechner, Norbert, Heating, cooling, lighting: sustainable design methods for architects, John Wiley & Sons, 2015 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Meyers, Victoria, Designing with light, Abbeville Press, NA2794 .M49 2006
Russell, Sage, The architecture of light: architectural lighting design concepts and techniques, Conceptnine Print Media, TH7703 .R87 2008
Boubekri, Mohamed, Daylighting design : planning strategies and best practice solutions, Birkhäuser, NA2794.B68 2014
Corrodi, Michelle& Klaus Spechtenhauser. Illuminating : Natural Light in Residential Architecture, Walter de Gruyter, 2008 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
DeKay, Mark, Sun, wind & light: architectural design strategies, Wiley, NA2542.3.D45 2014
Guzowski, Mark, The art of architectural daylighting : design + technology, Laurence King, NA2794.G89 2018
Lam, William M. C., Sunlighting as formgiver for architecture, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NA2542.S6L35 1986
Steane, Mary Ann, The Architecture of Light : Recent Approaches to Designing with Natural Light, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Ackermann, Marion & Dietrich Neumann (Editors), Luminous buildings : night architecture, Hatje Cantz, TH7703.L84 2006
Brandi, Ulrike & Christoph Geissmar-Brandi, Light for Cities : Lighting Design for Urban Spaces, a Handbook, Walter de Gruyter, 2006 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Street and Area Lighting Conference
Moyer, Janet Lennox, The landscape lighting book, 2nd edition, Wiley, SB473.4.M69 2005
Van, Santen, Christa, Light Zone City : Light Planning in the Urban Context, Walter de Gruyter, 2006 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Gordon, Gary, Interior Lighting for Designers, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Sansoni, Paola, et al. (Editors), Sustainable Indoor Lighting, Springer, 2015 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Schittich, Christian, Interior spaces: space, light, materials, Birkhäuser, 2002 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
"Color", Kappe Library Research Guide
Ensminger, Peter A., Life under the Sun, Yale University Press, 2001 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Grandy, David A., Speed of Light : Constancy and Cosmos, Indiana University Press, 2009 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Johnsen, Sönke, The Optics of Life : A Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature, Princeton University Press, 2011 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Lorch, Mark & Andy Miah (Editors), Flash of Light : The Science of Light and Colour, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Nelson, Philip, From photon to neuron : light, imaging, vision, Princeton University Press, QC355.3.N45 2017
Park, David, The fire within the eye : a historical essay on the nature and meaning of light, Princeton University Press, QC352.P34 1997
Sidney, Perkowitz, Slow Light: Invisibility, Teleportation, And Other Mysteries Of Light, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Wade, Nicholas & Mike Swanston, Visual Perception : An Introduction, 3rd Edition, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
FAIRS
EuroLuce, every odd year in April, in Milan, since 1976
Illuminating Engineering Society Los Angeles, Wally Whitney Memorial Product Fair, every Spring since 1995
LightFair, every other May since 1990
MANUFACTURERS
Acuity Brands Lighting, Artemide, Bover Barcelona Lights, Cooper Lighting Solutions, Cree Lighting, Flos, Foscarini, GE Lighting, Grau, Ingo Mauer, Lithonia Lighting, Louis Poulsen, Marset, Mawa Design, Osram, Panasonic Lighting, Philips Lighting, Santa & Cole, Thorn Lighting, Toshiba Lighting, Vibia
TYPES
Bollard, Candles, Ceiling domes, Ceiling fans, Chandeliers, Christmas lights, Emergency lights, Floodlights, Floor lamps, Fluorescent lights, Fuel lights (candle, gas, oil), Incandescent lights, Key lights, Lamps, Lanterns, Light-emitting diode (LED) lights, Luminaires, Outdoor lights, Recessed lights, Sconces, Searchlights, Solar lamps, Spotlights, Street lighting, Strip lights, Table lamp, Task light, Tiki torches, Track lighting, …
Briggs, Jody, Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting, McFarland & Company, 2008 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Dunham, Richard E., Stage Lighting : Fundamentals and Applications, Taylor & Francis, 2015 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Izenour, George C., Theater technology, 2nd edition, Yale University Press, (Office) NA6821.I947 1996
Reid, Francis, Stage Lighting Handbook, Taylor & Francis, 2002 (Available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
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