The Colour, Light and Contrast Manual (eBook)

Designing and Managing Inclusive Built Environments

Keith Bright, Geoffrey Cook (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2010 | 4. Auflage
240 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-1983-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Endorsed by the Society of Light and Lighting, this practical book
offers comprehensive guidance on how colour, light and contrast can
be incorporated within buildings to enhance their usability. The
book provides state-of-the-art, clear guidance as well as a
valuable information source for busy professionals involved in the
design or management of new and existing environments.

The ways colour, light and contrast are used within built
environments are critical in determining how people interact with
the space, and how confident, safe, and secure they will feel when
doing so. They also have a major influence on a person's
sense of well-being and their ability to use the environment
independently and without undue effort.

Understanding how to use colour and contrast and how they are
influenced by both natural and artificial lighting is vital for all
those involved in the design and management of the environments and
spaces we all use.

In recent years there has been a considerable amount of work
undertaken to further our understanding of how colour, light and
contrast affect emotion and sensory abilities, and how they can
assist or hinder people in their everyday lives.

Other publications consider these issues individually but The
Colour, Light and Contrast Manual: designing and managing inclusive
built environments draws knowledge and information together to
produce a unique, comprehensive and informative guide to how the
three elements can work together to improve the design and
management of environments for us all.

Supporting website at: www.wiley.com/go/brightandcook

Autor

Keith Bright is Director of Keith Bright Consultants, an independent access consultancy. Geoff Cook is a Reader in The School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading; runs the MSc in Inclusive Environments - Design and Management

Inhalt

1. Today's Horse Business.

2. Market Place.

3. Health and Safety.

4. Law.

5. Quality.

6. The Customer.

7. Yard Management and Staff.

8. Finance and Profit.

9. Show Management.

10. Marketing

Rezensionen

"This practical publication offers a comprehensive and clearly
structured guide to designing colour, contrast and lighting, backed
up by an on-line resource providing research findings and
descriptions of the more detailed studies that underpin the
guidance."

"It also absorbs and supersedes the reference document
'Colour, Contrast and Perception' referred to in the
Approved Document to Part M 2004, BS8300:2009 and the draft version
of the proposed ISO standard on accessibility (ISO/TC 59/SC 16),
and as such should be on the shelf of every architect's and
facilities manager's office." - Helen Taylor RIBA
FRSA, Chair, RIBA Inclusive Design Committee

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Schlagworte: Architecture • Architektur • Bauentwurf • Building Design
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-1983-3 / 1444319833
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-1983-5 / 9781444319835