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• Title:Nordic light : modern Scandinavian architecture / Henry Plummer.
  
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• Author/Creator:Plummer, Henry, 1946-
  
• Published/Created:New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NA1208.6 .P58 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Donor bookplate
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Architecture--Scandinavia.
  Daylighting.
  Light in architecture.
  Lighting, Architectural and decorative.
  
• Description:256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253).
  
• ISBN:9780500342756
  050034275X
  
• Contents:Introduction: seeking light in the mystical north
  Whiteness: the pristine beauty and illuminating power of pure, white volumes
  Rhythm: the embodiment of the pulse of nature in vibrating patterns of light
  Journey: the galvanizing of space with alluring cues and beacons of light
  Carving: the moulding of light into empty yet compelling and unforgettable figures
  Forest: the conversion of forest light into vessels and frameworks of wood
  Transiency: the drama of expectation and loss in evanescent displays of light
  Tranquillity: the peaceful glow and solitude of unadorned things reduced to their essence
  Diffusion: the widespread distribution and softened glare of scarce natural light
  Darkness: the resonance of dark beginnings and arctic night in shadowy spaces.