Color for architecture / edited by Tom Porter and Byron Mikellides

Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc., c1976Description: 150 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 442266197
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 2795 .C65 1976
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The effects and meaning of colour (a short review) -- 2. Colour in the architectural environment -- 3. The functions of colour in architectural settings -- 4. A definition of colour for the designer -- 5. Test findings, observations and notes on the effects of colour -- 6. The natural colour system and its application to interior and exterior environments (The Swedish studies) -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book has been produced out of an awareness that colour, as a basicand vital force, is lacking from the built environment and that our knowledge of it is isolated and limited. Research studies carried out into the meaning and effects of colour have been spasdomic, and findings, if potentially useful to the designer, are often communicated in a language he finds difficult to understand.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC NA 2795 .C65 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017228

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The effects and meaning of colour (a short review) -- 2. Colour in the architectural environment -- 3. The functions of colour in architectural settings -- 4. A definition of colour for the designer -- 5. Test findings, observations and notes on the effects of colour -- 6. The natural colour system and its application to interior and exterior environments (The Swedish studies) -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book has been produced out of an awareness that colour, as a basicand vital force, is lacking from the built environment and that our knowledge of it is isolated and limited. Research studies carried out into the meaning and effects of colour have been spasdomic, and findings, if potentially useful to the designer, are often communicated in a language he finds difficult to understand.

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