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("Light and Shadows")

"Lights and Shadows" is the title of the 7th issue of "Spazio Ricerca" (Research Space), dedicated to the relationship between architectural spaces and light.

Journal edited by the ProCAm department
University of Camerino, Faculty of Architecture of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)
 
>> architettura.unicam.it

This volume is dedicated to the building designed by Mario Cucinella, at the Tsinghua University in Beijing
 
>> Sieeb, Beijing

by Augusto Morello The volume published by Electa-Mondadori entitled “Cultura di una regione italiana. Le Marche, i Guzzini e il design” (The Culture of an Italian region. The Marche, the Guzzinis and design) was the last work by Augusto Morello before his recent death. The book was written by various hands, firstly to allow the reader to get an insight as to the faceted configuration - especially in terms of culture - of the region within Italy itself, and secondly to underline both the cultural rooting of the Guzzinis as well as the originality and extent of the work they have achieved.
 
>> electaweb.it

Designed to be a companion to the classic title 1000 Chairs, this two-volume edition contains an awesome selection of over 1200 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are history's most interesting electric lights, from Edison's first light bulb to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED lamps. All major styles will be represented: Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern Movement, De Stijl, Postwar, Pop, Radical, Post-Modern and Contemporary. ISBN: 3-8228-1606-X (1879 to 1959) 3-8228-2475-5 (1960 to present)
 
>> taschen.com

Lampade, apparecchi, impianti Progettazione per ambienti interni ed esterni
di Gianni Forcolini

("lamps, fittings, systems. Plannning interior and exterior spaces")
by Gianni Forcolini

(AVAILABLE ONLY IN ITALIAN)
La luce è un prezioso materiale di progetto che deve rispondere a disparate funzioni, usi, attività, compiti visivi, significati e valori iconografici in ogni tipo di spazio costruito. Questo testo offre un'ampia trattazione dell'hardaware illuminotecnico...
 
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Renzo Piano Building Workshop

(AVAILABLE ONLY IN ITALIAN)
The monographic volume, dedicated to the new headquarter of Sole 24 Ore goes back over all the history of the work: from the project phases, by Renzo Piano Building Workshop office, to the engineering of the project, form the main building site phases to the finishes of the building. The large iconographic repertory, composed of sketches and project drawings, of details of the building elements and of the finishes, is completed by the photos of the headquarter. Texts by Fulvio Irace (historian and critic of architecture), Anna Detheridge (journalist of the Domenicale of Sole 24 Ore) and by Gabriele Del Mese, Ove Arup Italy Director. ISBN: 88-324-5401-7
 
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