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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...

Juhani Pallasmaa reflects on the miracles that light and shadow perform in great architecture and art to enhance the lives of human beings.

Olafur Eliasson outlines his focus on introducing sustainably generated light to off-grid regions of the world in this interview.

Henry Plummer is an architectural academic who has devoted his career to researching daylight in architecture. An Emeritus Professor, he taught architectural hi...

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...

Lecture from the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Berlin on 3-4 May 201 by James Carpenter.

Presentation from the 8th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Paris on 9 October 2019 by Hugh Dutton.

Presentation from the 8th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Paris on 9 October 2019 by Greg Ward.

We "forget that night is half our life,” writes Paul Bogard as he argues for lighting design that balances natural light during both the day and the night.

Lecture from the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Berlin on 3-4 May 2017 by Omar Gandhi.

Presentation from the 8th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Paris on 9 October 2019 by Till Roenneberg.

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...

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...

For decades, our buildings have been designed for optimal thermal, acoustic and visual comfort. But does this make them healthier for our species, which, after ...

Lecture from the 6th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in London on 2-3 September 2015 by Deborah Burnett.

Adrian Carter discusses two buildings that join people together regardless of background. Both cases use daylight to highlight nature and human connection.

Prof. Russell Foster, 2020 Laureate of The Daylight Award for Research was filmed in his study at Oxford University. In the documentary “The Vital Daylight” he ...

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...

Why do we sleep and what happens if we don’t? Find the answers in this collection of facts and graphics.

Jakob Schoof spoke to Daylight Award for Daylight in Architecture Winner Steven Holl about his method of working and the meaning of daylight in his buildings.

Presentation from the 8th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Paris on 9 October 2019 by Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg.

Lecture from the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Berlin on 3-4 May 2017 by Marilyne Andersen.

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...

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...

Lecture from the 6th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in London on 2-3 September 2015 by Paul Bogard.

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...

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...

Presentation from VELUX Daylight Symposium 2013 in Copenhagen by Florence Lam.

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...

Lecture from the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Berlin on 3-4 May 2017 by Anne Lacaton.

Lecture from the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium that took place in Berlin on 3-4 May 2017 by Claude Demers

To truly enhance human well-being, building design needs to move beyond optimising single parameters such as temperature and humidity, to more holistic approach...

Over the decades, architects, scientists and engineers have developed ever more refined criteria on how to achieve optimum conditions for well-being in building...