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Lighting Library

Lighting Design Books - a bibilography of texts, histories, projects and light art

focused on design, not including the technical & engineering aspects of light
gathered for the IALD Education Trust by lighting designers - led by Philip Gabriel

 

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Bibliography
Book title Author Date ISBN‑10
and ISBN‑13		 Category Votes
1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1878 to 1959 Fiell, Charlotte / Fiell, Peter 2005 382281606X
9783822816066		 Light Fixtures 5
1000 Lights, Vol. 2: From 1960 to Today Fiell, Charlotte / Fiell, Peter 2005 3822824755
9783822824757		 Light Fixtures 2
1000 Lights. 1000 Leuchten. 1000 Luminaires Fiell, Charlotte / Fiell, Peter 2006 3822852872
9783822852873		 Light Fixtures 2
8 Décembre - Fête des lumières 2001-2005 St-Etienne, Michel 2006 2
 Lighting Projects 0
A Method of Lighting the Stage McCandless, Stanley 1958
9780878300822		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Alternative Light Styles Matson, Tim 1984 0881500291
 Light Fixtures 0
Architectural Lighting Design - Steffy (1st Ed.) Steffy, Gary 1990 0471288632
9780471288633		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Architectural Lighting Design - Steffy (2nd Ed.) Steffy, Gary 2001 0471386383
9780471386384		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Architectural Lighting Design, 3rd Edition Steffy, Gary 2008
978047011249		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Architectural Lighting for Commercial Interiors Sorcar, P. C. 1987 0471011681
9780471011682		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Architecture d'aujourd'hui Sacr￩ profane 2005 2858938148
978-2858938148		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Architecture of the Night: The Illuminated Building Neumann, Dietrich 2002 3791325876
9783791325873		 Exterior Lighting 0
Architectures de lumi￨res Louis Clair 2003 2912964598
978-2912964595		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Art Of Light & Space Butterfield, Jan 1996 0789201712
9780789201713		 Light Artists 1
Belysning inomhus: riktlinjer och rekommendationer f￶r belysning inomhus med till￤gg av belysning p￥ lastkajer och arbetsplatser utomhus samt sportbelysning edited by Light Culture; illustrations: Aino Winard 1990
Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Belysning: att planera och leva med kreativ belysning Elizabeth Wilhide 2000 97891371149
 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Between Silence and Light: Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn Louis I. Kahn 1985 159030604X
978-1590306048		 Lighting Designers 0
Brilliant: lights and lighting Jane Pavitt 2004 0810966204
978-0810966208		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Bringing Interiors to Light: The Principles and Practices of Lighting Design Kellog Smith, Fran / Bertolone, Fred J. 1986 0823070808
9780823070800		 Lighting Design Textbooks 1
Calculating access to skylight, sunlight and solar radiation on urban sites in Europe P J Littlefair 1999 1860813259
978-1860813252		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Catching the Light Zajonc, Arthur 1993 0195095758;
9780195095753		 History of Lighting 0
Claus en Kaan Architecten: The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Mozambique Design: Marjet van Hartskamp, Photography: Christian Richters, Maarten Laupman 2004
978-90-5662-59		 Lighting Designers 0
Color and Light in Nature Lynch, David K. and Livingston, William 1995 0521434319
9780521434317		 Visual Science 0
Commercial Lighting: Creating Dynamic Work Spaces Whitehead, Randall 1998 156496440X
9781564964403		 Specific Applications 0
Concepts and practice of architectural daylighting Fuller Moore 1985 0442006799
978-0442006792		 Daylight 0
Concepts in Architectural Lighting Egan, m. David 1983 70190542
9780070190542		 None 2
Conran Design Guides: Lamps and Lighting Myerson, Jeremy / Katz, Sylvia 1990 0442303025
9780442303020		 Light Fixtures 0
Creation of Lightscape - Ishii Ishii, Motoko 2010
978484571119		 Lighting Designers 0
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective Govan, Michael / Bell, Tiffany / Smith, Brydon E. / Powell I II, Earl 2004 0300106327
9780300106329		 Light Artists 0
Daylight Design of Buildings: A Handbook for Architects and Engineers Nick Baker and Koen Steemers 2002 1873936885
978-1873936887		 Daylight 0
Daylight Design of Buildings: A Handbook for Architects and Engineers Nick Baker 2002 1873936885
978-1873936887		 Daylight 0
Daylight in Architecture Evans, Benjamin H. 1981 070197687
9780070197688		 Daylight 1
Daylight Influence on Colour Design: Empirical Study on Perceived Colour Maud H￥rleman 2007 9197664405
978-9197664400		 Daylight 0
Daylighting and Window Design (CIBSE Lighting Guide) Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers 1999 0900953985
978-0900953989		 Daylight 0
Daylighting in Buildings McNicholl, Ann / Lewis, Owen 1994
Daylight 0
Daylighting performance and design Gregg D. Ander 2003 0471262994
978-0471262992		 Daylight 0
Daylighting: Natural Light in Architecture Derek Phillips 2004 0750663235
978-0750663236		 Daylight 0
Designing with light Victoria Meyers 2006 0789208806
978-0789208804		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Designing with Light and Shadow Kaoru Mende + Lighting Planners Associates Inc. 2000 1864700416
978-1864700411		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Designing with Light: The Creative Touch Soucek King, Carol 2001 0866365826
9780866365826		 Lighting Projects 0
Detailing Light: Integrated Lighting Solutions for Residential and Contract Design Gorman, Jean 1995 0823013413
9780823013418		 Design Details 1
Detailing light: integrated lighting solutions for residential and contract design Jean Gorman 1995 0823013413
978-0823013418		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Die Bauhauslampe Droste, Magdalena 1992 3496010878
 Light Fixtures 0
Disenchanted Night Schivelbusch, Wolfgang 1995 0520203542
9780520203549		 History of Lighting 0
Dynamic Daylight Architecture: Basics, Systems, Projects Helmut K￶ster 2004 376436730X
978-3764367305		 Daylight 0
Edison's Electric Light Friedel, Robert & Israel, Paul, Rutgers 1986
0		 Light Artists 0
Electrifying America Nye, David 1991 262640309
9780262640305		 History of Lighting 1
Empires of Light Jill Jonnes 2010 375507396
9780375507397		 None 0
Exhibiting Electricity Beauchamp, K.G. 1997 0852968957
978085296895		 History of Lighting 0
Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing Gregory, Richard L. 1997 0691048371
9780691048376		 Visual Science 1
Eyewitness Science: Light Burnie, David 1998 0751361305
9780751361308		 Visual Science 0
For Historic Buildings, Lighting Moss, Roger W. 1988 0471143995
9780471143994		 Exterior Lighting 0
Glasbetong, murar av ljus Av Olle Wilson 2004 917988248X
9789179882488		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
History of Light And Lighting Dilaura, David L. 2006 0879952091
9780879952099		 History of Lighting 0
How to Design and Install Outdoor Lighting Wilson, William H. W. 1984 0897210263
9780897210263		 Exterior Lighting 0
IESNA Lighting Handbook - 9th Edition Rea, Mark S. 2000
978087995150		 Lighting Design Textbooks 1
In Detail: Interior Spaces: Space, Light, Material Christian Schittich 1998 3764366303
978-3764366308		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
In Praise of Shadows JunIchiro Tanizaki 2011 0-918172-02
 None 0
Ingo Maurer (Catalogue - Introducing Schlitz etc.) Maurer, Ingo Unknown
Light Artists 0
Ingo Maurer 2000/2001 (Catalogue) Maurer, Ingo 2001
Light Artists 0
Ingo Maurer : Passion for Light / Pasion Por la Luz Maurer, Ingo 2001 8495273292
 Light Artists 0
Ingo Maurer: Compact Design Portfolio Webb, Michael 2003 0811834166
9780811834162		 Light Artists 0
Ingo Maurer: Designing with Light Koschembar, Frank and Dessecker, Bernhard 2007 3791338293
9783791338293		 Light Artists 0
Ingo Maurer: Making Light Maurer, Ingo / Bauer, Helmut / Museum Villa Stuck 1997 392392206X
9783923922062		 Light Artists 0
Installationsteknik GK. [5], El och belysning Lennart Trygg 1994
Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Interior Lighting for Designers Gordon, Gary 2003 047144118X
9780471441182		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Interior Lighting for Environmental Designers Nuckolls, James L. 1984 0471873810
9780471873815		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Jahrbuch Fuer Licht Und Architektur / Annual of Light and Architecture Flagge, Ingeborg 1992 3433025436
9783433025437		 Lighting Projects 0
jahrbuch licht und architektur 1998 Flagge, Ingeborg 1998 3923974744
9783923974740		 Lighting Projects 0
James Turrell. Dipinto con la luce Turrell, James 1998 8871791576
9788871791579		 Light Artists 0
James Turrell: Spirit & Light Herbert, Lynn / Lienhardt, John / McGehee, J. Pittman / Riley, Terence 1998 0936080434
9780936080437		 Light Artists 1
L' architettura della luce - Light Architecture Moretto, Luca 2003 888058460X
 Lighting Projects 0
L'esperienza come modo di pensare (Experience as a way of thinking) Unknown 2001 887212347X
 Light Artists 0
Learning to See: A Matter of Light Brandston, Howard M. 2008 0879952253
9780879952259		 Lighting Design Textbooks 1
LED  Ljus ur lysdioden Frankfurt: F￶rdergemeinschaft Gutes Licht, FGL 2006
3-926193-33-6		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Lengthening the Day Bowers, Brian 1998 10: 0198565488
9780198565482		 History of Lighting 0
Let There Be Neon Stern, Rudi 1979 0810912554
 Light Artists 0
Licht - Bauen mit Licht. Kramer, Heinrich / von Lom, Walter / Trolle, Andrea / Liebich, Jￃﾶrn-Hendrik 2002 3481016913
9783481016913		 Lighting Projects 0
Lichtbuch: Die Praxis der Lichtplanung Brandi, Ulrike / Geissmar-Brandi, Christoph 2001 3764363029
9783764363024		 Lighting Projects 0
Lichtdesign fr Architektur = Lighting design for architecture Andreas Schulz 2005 3899860519
978-3899860511		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lichtwerke 1987-1989: Thorbjorn Lausten Lausten, Thorbjorn 1990 87‑7351‑877‑8
9788773518779		 Light Artists 0
light art from artificial light Weibel Peter and Jansen Gregor 2006 3775717749
9783775717748		 Light Artists 0
Light for Art's Sake: Lighting for Artworks and Museum Displays Cuttle, Christopher 2007 750664304
9780750664301		 Specific Applications 0
Light for cities: lighting design for urban spaces; a handbook Ulrike Brandi 2007 3764376295
978-3764376291		 Outdoor lighting 0
Light in Japanese Architecture Plummer, Henry 1995 4
 History of Lighting 0
Light Light Light Grosslight, Jane 1990
0927412004		 None 0
Light perspectives between culture and technology Martin Krautter, Thomas Schielke 2009 978-3-98132
 Lighting Design Textbooks 2
Light Re-interpretating Architecture Gardner, Carl / Malony, Raphal 2001 2880464390
9782880464394		 Lighting Projects 0
Light Revealing Architecture Millet, Marietta 1996 471286443
9780471286448		 Aesthetics Light / Architecture 1
Light Revealing Architecture Millet, Marietta S. 1996 0471286443
9780471286448		 Lighting Projects 1
Light Shadow Space: Architectural Rendering with Cinema 4Dﾮ Horst Sonderman 2008 3211998918
978-3211998915		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Light The Industrial Age 1750 To 1900 Bluhm, Andreas 2001 0500510296
9780500510292		 History of Lighting 0
Light to Infinity - Design Works by Motoko Ishii Ishii, Motoko 1991 4845706156
9784845706150		 Lighting Designers 0
Light Years - An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light Brian Clegg 2007 230527256
9780230527256		 None 0
Light Years Ahead Jorstian, Tina / Munk Nielsen, Poul Erik 1994 8798521101
 Light Fixtures 1
Light zone city: light planning in the urban context Christina van Santen 2006 3764375221
978-3764375225		 Outdoor lighting 0
Light! The Industrial Age 1750-1900 Bluhm, Andreas and Lippencott, Louise 2000 500510296
9780500510292		 History of Lighting 0
Light- Reaching for the Moon Maurer, Ingo 2004 3931936430
978		 Light Artists 1
Light: The Complete Handbook of Lighting Design Szenasy, Susan S. 1986 0894713914
9780894713910		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Light: The Shape of Space: Designing with Space and Light Michel, Lou 1995 0471286184
9780471286189		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lightbook : the practice of lighting design Ulrike Brandi 2001 3764363037
978-3764363031		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighten Up! Whitehead, Randall 1996 201622394
9780201622393		 Specific Applications 0
Lighting - Janet Turner Turner, Janet 1995 0713472928
9780713472929		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting a Planet Turrell, James 2001 3775790527
9783775790529		 Light Artists 0
Lighting by Design Cuttle, Christopher 2008 0750687681
9780750687683		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting By Design Sally Storey 2002 1862057036
978-1862057036		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting by Design, Second Edition Christopher Cuttle 2003 0750687681
978-0750687683		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting Design Basics Karlen, Mark / Benya, James 2004
978047138162		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting Design Brasil Curbi, Debora / Mata, Thiago Unknown
Lighting Projects 1
Lighting Design Handbook Watson, Lee H. 1990 0070684812
9780070684812		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting Design Handbook Ronald N. Helms, John M. McGovern 2004 1410217914
9781410217912		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting Design Sourcebook: 600 Solutions for Residential and Commercial Spaces Randall Whitehead 2002 1564969290
978-1564969293		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Lighting Design: An Introductory Guide for Professionals Gardner, Carl / Hannaford, Betty 1993 047022083X
9780470220832		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting Design: For Urban Environments and Architecture Karou Mende 2006 4897375207
978-4897375205		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting Design: Principles, Implementation, Case Studies Ulrike Brandi Licht 2006 3764374934
9783764374938		 Design Details 0
Lighting Historic Buildings Phillips, Derek 1997 070498644
9780070498648		 History of Lighting 0
Lighting historic buildings Derek Phillips 1997 0070498644
978-0070498648		 Outdoor lighting 0
Lighting Spaces Intl Yee, Roger 2007 1584711167
9781584711162		 Lighting Projects 0
Lighting the landscape: art, design, technologies Roger Narboni 2004 3764370793
978-3764370794		 Outdoor lighting 0
Lighting the Workplace Jankowski, Wanda / Pbc International 1989 086636062X
9780866360623		 Specific Applications 0
Lighting: Good Ideas Marta Feduchi 2005 0060747943
 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Lighting: interior and exterior Robert Bean 2003 0750655526
978-0750655521		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Lighting: interior and exterior Robert Bean 2003 0750655526
978-0750655521		 Outdoor lighting 0
Lights Leuchten Lamps Monninger, M. 1993 3822894508
 Light Fixtures 0
Living with Modern Classics: The Light Wilhide, Elizabeth 2000 823031101
9780823031108		 Light Fixtures 0
LJUS & RUM Planeringsguide f￶r belysning inomhus Belysningsbranschen 2010
91-631-4675-4		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Ljus i konstmuseer S￶lve Olsson 2004
9789149155918		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Ljus inomhus Ragnar Hjert￩n 2001
Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Ljuset f￶rf￶r, ljuset f￶rst￶r: rapport fr￥n ett seminarium i samarbete med Nordiska akvarellmuseet 2000 9189477006
9789189477001		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Ljuss￤tt din tr￤dg￥rd Kerstin Engstrand ; ljusdesign: Eric Desmeules 2004
Outdoor lighting 0
Luminous Buildings Ackermann, Marion / Neumann, Dietrich 2006 3775717579
9783775717571		 Lighting Projects 0
Made of Light: The Art of Light and Architecture Major, Mark / Speirs, Jonathan / Tischhauser, Anthony 2005 3764368608
9783764368609		 Lighting Design Textbooks 1
Masters of Light: First Edition Plummer, Henry 2003 4900211575
 Exterior Lighting 2
Motoko Ishii Lighting Design Ishii, Motoko 2010 0489737412
 Lighting Designers 0
New Light Design DAAB Press 2005 3937718206
9783937718200		 Light Fixtures 0
New light design Eva Dallo 2005 3937718206
9783937718200		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Nordiskt ljus hemma Ingrid Sommar 2004 9137123378
978-9137123370		 Indoor lighting - residential, public 0
Occluded Front: James Turrell Turrell, James / Brown, Julie 1985 0932499104
9780932499103		 Light Artists 0
Perception and Lighting As Formgivers for Architecture Lam, William M. C. / Ripman, Christopher Hugh 1992 0442011172
9780442011178		 Lighting Design Textbooks 2
Poetics of Light Plummer, Henry 1987 4900211206
9784900211209		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Radiation, light and illumination Charles Proteus Steinmetz 1910 B00086VIY8
 None 0
She Paints with Light Moyer, Jan 2009
Exterior Lighting 0
Struck by Lighting Unknown 1994 9069060167
 Light Fixtures 1
Tageslicht in der architektur Pablo Buonocore 2001 3721203771
978-3721203776		 Daylight 0
The Architecture of Light: Architectural Lighting Design Concepts and Techniques Russell, Sage 2008 0980061709
9780980061703		 Lighting Design Textbooks 2
The Architecture of natural light Henry Plummer 2009 1580932401
978-1580932400		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
The Art Of Illumination Bell, Louis 1902 1406716731
9781406716733		 None 0
The Art of Outdoor Lighting: Landscapes with the Beauty of Lighting Whitehead, Randall 2001 1564968189
9781564968180		 Exterior Lighting 0
The Best of Lighting Design Jankowski, Wanda 1987 0866360174
9780866360173		 Lighting Projects 0
The Design of Lighting Loe, David 1998 0419204407
9780419204404		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
The First 100 Years Unknown 2004
Light Fixtures 0
The Landscape Lighting Book Lennox Moyer, Janet 2005 0471451363
9780471451365		 Exterior Lighting 1
The Light in Japanese Archtiecture Plummer, Henry 1995 4900211494
 Aesthetics Light / Architecture 1
The Light Revolution: Health, Architechture and the sun Richard Hobday 2006 1844090876
978-1844090877		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
The Lighting Book Greif, Martin 1986 0915590816
 Light Fixtures 0
The New Let There Be Neon Stern, Rudi 1996 0944094163
9780944094167		 Light Artists 0
The Story of Light Bova, Ben 2001 1570717850
 History of Lighting 0
There are no Electronics Amdahl, Ken 1991 962781592
9780962781599		 Lighting Physics 0
Time-Saver Standards for Architectural Lighting Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc. 2000 0070610460
9780070610460		 Lighting Design Textbooks 0
Ultimate Lighting Design Thaureau, Vanessa 2005 3832790160
9783832790165		 Lighting Designers 1
Ultimate lighting design: projects by Herve Descottes teNeues 2005 3832790160
978-3832790165		 Lighting Designers 0
Utomhusbelysning Lars Starby 1989
Exterior Lighting 0
Yann Kersale: light for landmarks | Yann Kersale: structures lumiere Jean-Paul Curnier, Henri-Pierre Jeudy, Monique Sicard; interviews de Vann Kersale par Eric Germain 2003 376437120X
978-3764371203		 Lighting Designers 0

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