One of the great visionaries and pioneers of modern architecture, Le Corbusier was a master of light, declaring it both a fundamental basis of architecture and the key to personal well-being. In this portfolio of 160 photographs taken over 40 years, Henry Plummer captures Le Corbusier’s inspired use of natural light in three of his greatest achievements: the small pilgrimage chapel at Ronchamp, the Dominican monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette, and the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy-Vert, all in France. In these modest religious works Le Corbusier deploys light to create enchanted, emotionally charged spaces wedded to the cosmic rhythm of sunlight and season. Cosmos of Light reveals how the artist reimagined sacred space and charted new ways that buildings can both reveal and inhabit the universe around them.

Cosmos of Light: The Sacred Architecture of Le Corbusier

Arts & Photography

Plummer, Henry

Architecture

Indiana University Press

Shaker buildings have long been admired for their simplicity of design and sturdy craftsmanship, with form always following function. Over the years, their distinctive physical characteristics have invited as much study as imitation. Their clean, unadorned lines have been said to reflect core Shaker beliefs such as honesty, integrity, purity, and perfection. In this book, Henry Plummer focuses on the use of natural light in Shaker architecture, noting that Shaker builders manipulated light not only for practical reasons of illumination but also to sculpt a deliberately spiritual, visual presence within their space. Stillness and Light celebrates this subtly beautiful aspect of Shaker innovation and construction, captured in more than 100 stunning photographs.

Stillness and Light: The Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture

Photography & Video

Imparts a true sense of the magical light that has shaped great buildings in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden The quality of light in the higher latitudes has given rise to some of the most important and influential architecture of the modern period. In the Scandinavian countries, in particular, the ethereal nature of light combined with natural resources and highly refined building techniques, not to mention the stark seasonal contrast between the scarcity of light in winter and the ever-present glow of long summer days, have provided the context for architectural acts of genius. This book celebrates established icons, newly discovered gems, and contemporary masterworks that represent the highest expression of Scandinavian design and response to the environment. Just under fifty projects are featured in detail, ordered according to the way in which different light conditions have imparted qualities to the buildings. Henry Plummer treats his subject with a uniquely authoritative perspective in which the words resonate with his artfully taken images. 513 illustrations, 441 in color

Nordic Light: Modern Scandinavian Architecture

Thames&Hudson

Seen through the eyes of an architect-photographer, "The Architecture of Natural Light" is the first publication to consider the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings. This comprehensive and thoughtful survey begins with a brief introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries. For all those seeking to or interested in creating space that transcends the physical, "The Architecture of Natural Light" is a powerful and poetic yet practical survey that provides an original and timeless approach to contemporary architecture.

Architecture of Natural Light

The Monacelli Press

Imparts a true sense of the magical light that has shaped great buildings in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
The quality of light in Scandinavia has given rise to some of the most important architecture of the modern period, the richness of which has influenced designers from California to Australia to Japan. The ethereal nature of light combined with natural resources (particularly wood) and highly refined building techniques―not to mention the stark seasonal contrast between the scarcity of light in winter and the glow of long summer days―have provided the context for architectural acts of genius.
Nordic Light highlights established icons, newly discovered gems, and contemporary masterworks: buildings that have achieved the highest expression of Scandinavian design and response to their environment. The projects are featured in detail, along with a general introduction to the history of Scandinavian architecture and a reference section with a bibliography, a directory of architects, and an index of places to visit. 441 color, 72 b&amp;w

Reference

A thought-provoking consideration of how architecture, from a doorknob to a city plan, can influence human behavior
How does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space into another, affect us? It is no wonder that the door, one of the most elemental architectural forms, has such metaphorical richness. But even on a purely physical human level, the cold touch of a brass handle or the swish of a sliding screen gives rise to an emotional reaction, sometimes modest, occasionally profound.
This book aims to understand how these everyday acts are influenced by architectural form, a concept that is vital for all architects to grasp. It considers how specifically built elements and volumes, taken from a wide array of buildings and settings around the world, can affect our powers of decision. From hand-carved stairs in Greek villages to free-floating catwalks, from the elegant processional steps of Renaissance Italy to Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterly manipulation of form, all provide very different experiences of stepping from one level to the next, and all affect our experience of that space.
Seamlessly integrating text and image, each chapter focuses on a different aspect of our daily interactions with architecture, looking at stairs, floors and paths, moving interior spaces, perception and perspective, transparency and the relationship between a building and its setting. This book is not just for architects and designers engaged in the production of space, but for all those who seek a richer understanding of their place in the built world. 275+ illustrations, 250+ in color

The Experience of Architecture

Shelter and natural light are fundamental elements of architecture. The first is concerned with protection from natural elements; the second with the creative and sometimes spiritual interaction between the man-made and the natural worlds. One is solid and static, the other illuminates and animates. Architects through the ages have preoccupied themselves with how to marry these two opposing aspects of architecture, a marriage that at its finest transforms natural light itself into a building material. Seen through the eyes of an architect and photographer, The Architecture of Natural Light is the first publication to consider the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings. This comprehensive and thoughtful survey begins with a brief introduction exploring the advances and experimentation of architects throughout the centuries. Each of the following seven chapters is devoted to a specific quality of natural light, including evanescence, atomization, and luminescence, and examines the particular uses of light through many disciplines—from art history to film and literature. With more than fifty case studies of buildings from around the world, this volume considers works by some of the world’s most influential architects, including Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, Herzog &amp; de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Frank Gehry, Álvaro Siza, Alberto Campo Baeza, Rafael Moneo, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel, Fumihiko Maki, and Toyo Ito, among others. For all those seeking to create space that transcends the physical, The Architecture of Natural Light is a powerful and poetic yet practical survey that provides an original and timeless approach to contemporary architecture.

The Architecture of Natural Light

Poetics of Light (Architecture & Urbanism Extra Edition Series)

a+u: Architecture and Urbanism 1989 September Special Edition - The Potential House: Three Centuries of American Dwelling by Henry Plummer records the third American architecture observation tour in 1988, sponsored by the Otis Elevator Cultural Committee. This Committee's architecture tours have focused on vital issues in American architecture such as American housing and American Art Deco. Twenty-five house are featured in this issue of a+u, with color photographs for all and numerous section, site, and floor plans for many. The houses are: Parson Capen House in Topsfield, Massachusetts; Thomas Jefferson's Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia; a Shaker Dwelling in Hancock, Massachusetts; Gilbert Joseph Pilie's Oak Alley in St. James Parish, Louisiana; San Francisco in Garyville, Louisiana; Bird's Nest Cottage, the Watts-Sherman House, and Kingscote in Newport, Rhode Island; Greene &amp; Greene's Gamble House in Pasadena, California; Henry Mercer's Fonthill in Doylestown, Pennsylvania; Frank Lloyd Wright's Storer House in Hollywood, California, Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Price House in Phoenix, Arizona; Wharton Esherick's House and Studio in Paoli, Pennsylvania; Rudolph Schindler's Buck House in Los Angeles, California; Bruce Goff's Ford House in Aurora, Illinois; Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; Maurice Smith's Blackman House in Groton, Massachusetts; Joseph Esherick's Bermak House in Oakland, California; Moore-Lyndon-Turnbull-Whitaker's Sea Beach Condominium in Sonoma County, California; Moore-Turnbull's Hines House in Sonoma County, California; William Turnbull's Zimmerman House in Fairfax County, Virginia; E. Fay Jones's Edmondson House in Forrest City, Arkansas; Antoine Predock's Fuller House in Scottsdale, Arizona; and Morphosis's Crawford House in Montecito, California and Weis House in Hollywood, California.

The Potential House

History

Gingko Press

La arquitectura de la luz natural

Art Blume, S.L.

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Cosmos of Light: The Sacred Architecture of Le Corbusier

Stillness and Light: The Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture

Nordic Light: Modern Scandinavian Architecture

Architecture of Natural Light

Nordic Light: Modern Scandinavian Architecture

The Experience of Architecture

The Architecture of Natural Light

Poetics of Light (Architecture & Urbanism Extra Edition Series)

The Potential House

La arquitectura de la luz natural