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Daylight, design and place-making / Hisham Elkadi and Sura Al-Maiyah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elkadi, Hisham, author.
- Al-Maiyah, Sura, author.
- Series:
- Design and the built environment series
- Design and built environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Daylighting.
- Architecture--Human factors.
- Architecture.
- Place (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Hisham Elkadi currently holds the position of the Dean of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Salford in the United Kingdom and lead the Sustainable Urban Futures (SURF) research group. He obtained his PhD from the University of Liverpool in 1989. Prior to his appointment, he was the Head of School of Architecture at Deakin University, Australia. Hisham has been involved in research andurban outreachinitiatives in the UK, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Australia. Sura Al-Maiyah is Senior Lecturer in Urban Technology at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester. Prior to her current position, she led the Masters Course in Sustainable Architecture at the School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth. Her research interest is in daylighting design, visual and thermal performance of buildings, and sustainable development of heritage sites. She has extensive experience in assessing the visual performance of historic buildings dating back to her PhD at Ulster University. Sura has led and collaborated on a number ofresearch projects and served as a reviewer for several journals and conferences.
- Contents:
- History of light, shades and shadows
- Structures of light : daylight and place making
- Reading daylight
- Daylight and health
- Delight of heritage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 17, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Elkadi, Hisham. Daylight, design and place-making
- ISBN:
- 9781315575896
- 1315575892
- 9781317154648
- 1317154649
- 9781317154662
- 1317154665
- 9781317154655
- 1317154657
- Publisher Number:
- 40030372180
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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