Lumières architecturales en France
Subtitle: 15 years of French architectural lighting design (1985-2000)
By: Vincent Laganier
Edition: Editions AS - Actualité de la Scénographie
Series: Scéno +
Publisher: Editions AS
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Paris, France
Language: fre
Format: 28 x 26 cm
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9782912017253
Subjects: Lighting effects and technics.; Light in architecture.; Exterior lighting -- France.
Genres: History of lighting design.; Reference lighting projects.
First sentence: A la fin du siècle dernier s'affirme une nouvelle façon de considérer la mise en lumière nocturne. De nouveaux intervenants apparaissent : artistes, sculpteurs ou plasticiens, éclairagistes, concepteurs lumière, scénographes... Ils sont issus du monde de l'art, des métiers techniques du spectacle, du cinéma ou des fabricants de luminaires. Apportant leur savoir-faire, ils concrétisent une dimension sensible, pratique et pointue de la lumière dont la nouvelle illumination de la Tour Eiffel, fin 1985, est le point de départ. Ephémères ou pérennes, sur des lieux prestigieux ou abandonnés, leurs réalisations marquent les esprits. L'objectif de cet ouvrage est de rendre compte de ces réalisations.
Notes: Foreword: Max Keller, German lighting designer. 

70 lighting projects reports, concepts and techniques. In short, a Tour de France of technical and conceptual lighting evolutions in the years 1985 - 2000. Richly illustrated with color pictures and drawings, it is an interesting book to share French lighting culture. 

a - the place: location, history, typology, dimensions, and scale of the city. 
b - the project: client, architect, lighting designers, installer, calendar, financing, costs, distinction, visit advises. 
c - the technique: lighting fixture per light effects, lighting design techniques, location, assembly and access to the material, specifications of the selected lamps, luminaries and lighting controls, dimming mode. 

43 professionals lighting designers and light artists biographies like: Roger Narboni, Louis Clair, Georges Berne or Laurent Fachard,… Yann Kersalé, Philippe Mouillon, Keiichi Tahara or James Turrell,.. but also young designers. 

3 chronological retrospectives from 1930 till 2000 present the history of lighting in France. The book includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and indexes. 

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