Edited and Photographed by Yukio Futagawa
Introduction by Paolo Portoghesi
Text by Riichi Miyake

Light is a fundamental element of
architecture. Through the finest examples from the beginning of Modernism to the
present, this compendium examines the way natural light is captured, altered, and shaped in architectural space.


The Myth of Iron and Glass
Usurpation of the Sky
Allegory of Trees
Light and Shadow in the Fin-de-Siecle
Window to the Womb
The Texture of Transparency
Metaphysical Light
The Shining Brow
The Pleasure of Architecture
Travel to the Orient
The Myth of the Glazed Box
See-Through Architecture
Light without Shadow
Primitive Light
Sticky Space
The Mechanical Sky
Architecture of Membrane

426 total pages, 54 in color
Size: 300x307mm
ISBN4-87140-554-0 C1052
Hard Cover


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