Lighting: Exteriors & Landscapes

by Wanda Jankowski, Wanda Jankowski

Nighttime exterior lighting is increasing in popularity and importance in cosmopolitan cities and small towns alike. On a grand scale, it can transform a building into a distinctive landmark in the nightscape of a city, highlight the splendid nuances of historical architectural detail, or dazzle through the dramatic sweep of a glittering suspension bridge. At the same time, exterior illumination can work its magic to render an impersonal entryway more intimate and inviting, or it can beckon nighttime shoppers by assuring safety in well-lit retail commercial spaces.
Exteriors and Landscapes explores creative solutions to a multitude of challenging and diverse outdoor lighting projects in the United States, Europe and Japan. Included are towering corporate structures, government buildings, hotels, railroad stations, convention centers, shopping malls, parks, plazas and fountains as well as timeless, elegant historical structures. Bold new uses of lighting are also presented, including exciting pattern projections, illuminated works of art and sophisticated laser light shows, choreographed for public enjoyment.
Using today's smaller light sources and less bulky fixtures, designers can achieve results that are both aesthetically pleasing and energy efficient. Quality design reaches beyond function and aesthetics to assure economy, ease of installation and maintenance as well as weatherproofing and vandal resistance. These are among the many important criteria featured throughout this lavishly illustrated professional design reference book. A wellspring of current, cutting-edge ideas in nighttime exterior illumination, Exteriors and Landscapes is fully indexed and provides introductory text by renowned lighting professionals J. F. Caminada, editor-in-chief of International Lighting Review, and Motoko Ishii, president of Motoko Ishii Lighting Design Inc.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 1993

About the author

Wanda Jankowski is well known to many in the lighting and interior design, and architecture fields. She has been editor-in-chief of Architectural Lighting magazine since 1989. From 1980 to 1985 she was editor-in-chief of Lighting Design + Application magazine and the Journal of IES, both publications of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). Prior to that she held various editorial positions with the Society and served as staff coordinator for the International Illumination Design Awards Program.

Ms. Jankowski holds a BA from St. Joseph's College and an MA from St. John's University. She has published several books with PBC International including Kitchens and Baths (1993), Designing With Light: Residential Interiors (1991) and The Best of Lighting Design (1987). Ms. Jankowski has authored articles for magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including light, and she is a member of the Authors Guild.


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