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A collection of inspirational articles and lectures – all related to daylight in architecture.
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Iwan Baan is an award-winning architecture and documentary photographer based in the Netherlands. Born in 1975, Baan grew up outside Amsterdam and studied photo...Discussions and viewpointsTelling the Story of Place: The Architectural Photography of Iwan Baan
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Rick Joy is an award-winning American architect who has lectured, taught, and served as a jury member at a number of prestigious universities and schools of arc...Best practiceA Very Special Connection to Light: The Architecture of Rick Joy
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What do ostrich eggs, hazelnut shells and polar bear skins have to do with architecture. Actually not as little as one might assume, according to Dr. Udo Küpper...Research and InnovationNatural Surfaces
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Light and materials are inseparably connected, indeed they actually determine each other: neither is visible to the human eye until the two come together. For t...Design PhilosophyLight and materials
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Surfaces are regarded as the epitome of surface beauty and fleeting impressions. Nevertheless, they are the basis of how we perceive the world: a journey to the...Design PhilosophyBeneath
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The desert sands of southern Tenerife are the site of an unusual congress centre: MAGMA, the work of local architect Fernando Menis, comprises concrete cubes wh...Best practiceMegalith circle in the desert
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For the past 50 years, buildings have been designed much like spaceships, sealed and served by continuously running machinery to ensure occupant comfort and wel...Health and Well-beingImportance of Windows for Environmental Surfing
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Over the decades, architects, scientists and engineers have developed ever more refined criteria on how to achieve optimum conditions for well-being in building...Health and Well-beingHousing Well-Being: An introduction Part I
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With his new community centre and sports hall, architect Hiroshi Sambuichi has created a central space of gathering and representation for the island dwellers o...Best practiceBeacon of Revival: Naoshima Hall in Honmura
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Architects Lacaton & Vassal have a habit of giving their clients more than they expect from a building. They also pursued this strategy with the new regional mu...Best practiceOpen to the World : FRAC Nord-Pas De Calais in Dunkirk
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Discussions and viewpointsThe light is already there. The shadows are already there.
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To truly enhance human well-being, building design needs to move beyond optimising single parameters such as temperature and humidity, to more holistic approach...Health and Well-beingArchitecture for Well-being and Health
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When the finish architect Juha Leiviskä received The Daylight Award in 2020 the jury stated in their reasoning “that Leiviskä’s works of architecture demonstrat...Design PhilosophyVertical Daylight
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