The Role of Lighting in the Search for Better Interiors-Some Techniques

Abstract

Lighting may be analysed into three components—basic light, focal light and sparkle—each with variables of quantity, quality and colour. The paper discusses the relative importance of these components in particular installations, their effects on the emotions, and the lessons which can be learned from 'theatrical' lighting; it also discusses those factors which tend to restrict the wider use of imaginative lighting and reviews practice overseas.