Residential Lighting

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Bring lighting to its full potential in any home Well-designed lighting can transform a space and enhance its occupants' feelings of well-being. Written by internationally recognized lighting consultant Randall Whitehead, this popular, easy-to-read lighting design guide offers both lighting designers and homeowners a highly visual introduction to the fundamentals of illuminating the single-family home. Emphasizing the use of "light layering"-using a variety of lighting sources together-the book shares advice on design tools and room-by-room lighting strategies so you can visually shape a home to meet human needs. You'll find hands-on guidelines for assessing a client's needs, drawing a reflected ceiling plan, writing lighting specifications, choosing materials, and more. Updated and enhanced throughout, this Second Edition offers: * The design tools for putting together a well-designed lighting plan * Room-by-room advice, with real-life examples of the products provided on related Web sites * Expanded chapters on energy-efficient lighting, including LED technology, GU24 fluorescent lamps, and daylighting * 32 pages of color plates demonstrating professional redesigns of interior and exterior rooms, and home offices Filled with practical, pleasing solutions, this book will be a springboard for the imagination of interior designers, architects, and anyone working on residential projects where lighting is integral to the design.
Bring lighting to its full potential in any home Well-designed lighting can transform a space and enhance its occupants' feelings of well-being. Written by internationally recognized lighting consultant Randall Whitehead, this popular, easy-to-read lighting design guide offers both lighting designers and homeowners a highly visual introduction to the fundamentals of illuminating the single-family home. Emphasizing the use of "light layering"-using a variety of lighting sources together-the book shares advice on design tools and room-by-room lighting strategies so you can visually shape a home to meet human needs. You'll find hands-on guidelines for assessing a client's needs, drawing a reflected ceiling plan, writing lighting specifications, choosing materials, and more. Updated and enhanced throughout, this Second Edition offers: * The design tools for putting together a well-designed lighting plan * Room-by-room advice, with real-life examples of the products provided on related Web sites * Expanded chapters on energy-efficient lighting, including LED technology, GU24 fluorescent lamps, and daylighting * 32 pages of color plates demonstrating professional redesigns of interior and exterior rooms, and home offices Filled with practical, pleasing solutions, this book will be a springboard for the imagination of interior designers, architects, and anyone working on residential projects where lighting is integral to the design.

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