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Color in Architecture

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ISBN-10: 0071411739

ISBN-13: 9780071411738

Edition: 2003

Authors: Harold Linton

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This book reviews colour precedents, examines the visual properties of colour as applied to architecture and allied design, and surveys the methods used by pre-eminent international designers to unite, colour, light, form and space.
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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Forewordp. vii
Prefacep. xi
Introductionp. xv
Color Styling for Residential Architecturep. 1
Concept, Materials, and Contextp. 3
Historic Interestp. 10
Image and Functionalityp. 14
Identityp. 18
Interior Space Colorationsp. 25
Period Colorp. 26
Color Programming and Visibilityp. 31
Color Metaphorp. 41
Dominance, Subordinance, and Complementariesp. 49
Cultural and Public Institutionsp. 57
Color Context and Integrationp. 58
Institutional Identityp. 63
Decoration, Symbol, and Codingp. 70
Color Function and Legibilityp. 77
Icons, Themes, and Imagesp. 83
Retailing/Business Applicationsp. 93
Color Design Proposalsp. 94
Integration and Separationp. 98
Generating Attentionp. 102
Family of Objectsp. 104
Sign and Imagep. 110
Light and Surfacep. 114
Products and Servicesp. 118
Calculated Color Schemesp. 123
Industrial Colorationsp. 129
Desert Light and Industrial Colorp. 131
Harmonies of Color and Natural Materialp. 135
Color Coding and Identityp. 140
Color Formalism in Urban Designp. 145
Environmental Urban Color Planningp. 146
Wimpey Hobbsp. 151
The Turin Color Plan and the Turin School of Urban Restorationp. 157
Environmental Color and Lightp. 165
Colored Light for Valentino Villagep. 166
Prismsp. 171
Imagery and Color Fusionp. 175
Education, Technology, and Researchp. 181
Color in Graphic Educationp. 183
Virtual Space As a Future Color Design Toolp. 186
Simulating Real-World Complexityp. 192
Full-Scale Experimental Laboratoryp. 213
Simulation-Aided Architectural Design (SAAD)p. 218
Full-Scale Modeling and Other Types of Environmental Simulationp. 220
Master of Arts Degree Program in Color Design at the University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finlandp. 224
Color Design Research Unit, South Bank University, Londonp. 229
International Association of Color Consultants/Designersp. 231
Environmental Color Design at Lawrence Technological Universityp. 235
Color Order Systems and Toolsp. 241
Munsell Color: The Universal Languagep. 241
Color-Eye 7000 Spectrophotometer by GretagMacbethp. 244
SpectraLight II Color Viewing System by GretagMacbethp. 246
The Natural Color System (NCS)p. 247
International Color Organizationsp. 251
Creditsp. 255
Bibliographyp. 261
Indexp. 264
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