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Author: Sandy Isenstadt (University of Delaware, US) ,
Margaret Maile Petty (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) ,
Dietrich Neumann (Brown University, Rhode Island, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.080kg
ISBN: 9781138813922
ISBN 10: 1138813923
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 25 March 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[T]he volume contributes significantly to the furthering of studies into the realm of nocturnal urbanity and urban illumination. It provides an indispensable contribution to the study of nocturnal luminosity, and should indeed awaken the interest of any scholar or practitioner who engages in studies of light, darkness and cities. - European Planning Studies, Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, Queen Mary University of London, UK
[T]he volume contributes significantly to the furthering of studies into the realm of nocturnal urbanity and urban illumination. It provides an indispensable contribution to the study of nocturnal luminosity, and should indeed awaken the interest of any scholar or practitioner who engages in studies of light, darkness and cities. – European Planning Studies, Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, Queen Mary University of London, UK [T]he chapters show that in some ways the history of lighting parallels the history of urban development. A lighting scheme can be the centrepiece of an urban regeneration project. Or mismanagement of lighting provision can be traced to colonial histories of unequal infrastructure distribution. As described in this edited volume, lighting illuminates both places and ideas. – Christine Ro, Environment & Urbanization
Author Information
Sandy Isenstadt teaches the history of modern architecture at the University of Delaware, USA. His writings range over topics as varied as postwar reformulations of modern architecture, visual perception in the built environment, landscape views, and American material culture. He is currently working on a book examining novel luminous spaces introduced by electric lighting in the twentieth century. Margaret Maile Petty is a senior lecturer in design history at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research broadly investigates the discourse, production, and representation of artificial light in the built environment, with a particular focus on architectural lighting and interiors. She has published broadly on the historical significance and development of lighting design in many academic journals and edited books. In addition, she regularly writes for leading lighting industry publications on a variety of contemporary issues, practices, and projects relevant to the discipline today. Dietrich Neumann is professor in the history of art and architecture at Brown University, USA. His research concentrates on late 19th and early 20th century European and American architecture. Neumann has published on the history of buildings materials, German skyscrapers of the 1920s, the history of film set design, and architectural illumination.
