The art of landscape lighting : a designer's companion / Janet Lennox Moyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moyer, Janet Lennox, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garden lighting.

Landscape architecture.

Exterior lighting.

exterior lighting.

Physical Description:

xii, 348 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Biography/History:

Janet Lennox Moyer, FIALD, AOLP, COLD, 2018 IES Trailblazer & Icon, 2017 Michigan Lighting Hall of Fame, began her lighting design career in 1976, working on many diverse projects, from the Defense Intelligence Agency's first home in Washington, DC to winery caves, entertainment gardens and botanical gardens. She began specializing in landscape lighting in the mid-1980s and wrote the essential book used around the world, The Landscape Lighting Book, first released in 1992 and now in its third edition, integrating the disruptive technology LED.

Summary:

"Following on from the critically acclaimed The Landscape Lighting Book, this is the lighting design companion every professional and student in landscape architecture needs. Written by an award-winning internationally renowned landscape designer, with over 40 years' experience in professional practice, The Art of Landscape Lighting takes the reader step-by-step through Janet Lennox Moyer's design process. Personal and accessible in tone, the book covers tools, equipment, techniques, effects, installation, design composition and challenges using built case studies spanning the author's career. Each project takes you through the process of how to plan compositions; selecting what should be lit and what should remain unlit; how to prioritise the importance of multiple elements; balancing brightness relationships; providing visual transportation across scenes; lighting the same space in different ways and, importantly, guidance on when designs are complete. Lavishly designed and illustrated with over 800 full colour photographs, showcasing projects from start to finish, it additionally includes new landscape lighting equipment and techniques developed by Moyer throughout her career. This includes shorescraping, rainwall lighting, approaches for lighting water features and sculptures, and the 3-prong stake. Aimed at practicing professionals and students in landscape architecture, this book is the must-have inspirational resource that provides you with everything you need to design and implement landscape lighting across multiple scales"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Learning to paint with light : gathering tools and techniques

Design intuition takes over : honing the art

Not just another light source : disruptive technology causes new learning

The International Landscape Lighting Institute : teaching via the intensive course.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version:

Lennox Moyer, Janet. Art of landscape lighting

Online version: Lennox Moyer, Janet. Art of landscape lighting

ISBN:

9780367193577

0367193574

9780367193584

0367193582

OCLC:

1276848390