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Light & Engineering 32 (1) 2024
Volume 32Date of publication 02/12/2024
Pages 100-106
Abstract:
The history of the development of human civilization shows us how the use of daylighting could influence the development of world architecture. In the article, the author tried to show how in different eras daylight influenced not only civil architecture, but also how light became an important sacred component of religious architecture. The article examines the influence of daylight on architecture throughout history, in certain historical periods and architectural techniques using daylighting.
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Keywords
- daylighting
- artistic use of daylighting in architecture
- light and architectural monuments
- atrium and peristyle
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