Titre et auteur:

Color for architecture / [edited by] Tom Porter and Byron Mikellides.

Publication:

New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976.

Description:

150 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146) and index.
1. The effects and meaning of color (a short review) -- 'The need for colour and light in future man-made spaces' / Faber Birren -- 'The dialectics of colour' / Dr. Peter Smith -- 2. Colour in the architectural environment -- (1) The primitive and ancient environment: The modern concept of form -- (2) The separate paths of architecture and art: The modern concept of space -- (3) The artist and architecture: The promise of a new environmental colour tradition -- 'Colour, competence, and cognition: Notes towards a psychology of environmental colour' / Dr. S. Friedman and Susan Thompson -- 'The future role of the artist' / Victor Vasarely -- 3. The functions of colour in architectural settings -- 'Colour as a function of multi-dimensional space: A new architecture of urban environment' / Victor Pasmore -- 'The use of colour and texture at Clason point' / Oscar Newman -- 'The temptation of colour: A legitimate attitude for an architect' / Jean Deroche -- 'Colour in buildings' / Joseph Esherick -- 'The colour approach of Piano and Rogers' / Richard Rogers -- 'On the use of colour in buildings' / Foster Associates -- 'Notes on a colour palette' / Deborah Sussman and Paul Prejza -- 'Living in colour' / Jean-Philippe Lenclos -- 4. A definition of colour for the designer -- (1) Light -- (2) Object -- (3) The eye and brain -- (4) Psychological factors -- 5. Test findings, observations and notes on the effects of colour -- (1) Studies on the psycho-physiological effects of light and colour -- 'Coloured illumination and the environment' / Prof. Robert Preusser -- 'The significance of light and colour in the urban environment' / Faber Birren -- (2) Colour preferences -- 'The colour currency of nature' / Dr Nicholas Humphrey -- (3) The effect of colour on our perception of space -- 'The study and application of colour in extraterrestrial habitats' / National Aeronautics and space administration -- 6. The natural colour system and its application to interior and exterior environments (The Swedish studies) -- 'The natural colour system and its universal application in the study of environmental design' / Anders Hård -- 'Interior space and colour' / Prof. Carl-Axel Acking and Dr Rikard Küller -- 'The language of colour: Colour connotations' / Dr Lars Sivik -- Towards the meaning of environmental colour.

ISBN:

0442266197
9780442266196

Sujet:

Color in architecture.
Couleur en architecture.

Vedettes secondaires:

Porter, Tom.
Mikellides, Byron.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 128484
Cote: 0001853 10656 A1566; ID:85-B22555
Statut: Disponible