Color in Architecture: Design Methods for Buildings, Interiors, and Urban Spaces

by Harold Linton; Ralph Linton

• ISBN13: 9780070381193
• ISBN10: 0070381194
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-30
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

* World-renowned experts reveal their innovative color design methods
* Major new work describing current international color strategies
* Explains how to combine color, light, form, and space in the design process
* Revealing case studies from the leading world color authorities
* Shows how to select color for projects as diverse as hospitals, living rooms, and urban facades
* In-depth guidance on materials, styles, and computer-assisted technologies

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	xi
Introduction	xv
Part I Color Styling for Residential Architecture	1	(24)
Concept, Materials, and Context	3	(7)
Historic Interest	10	(4)
Image and Functionality	14	(4)
Identity	18	(7)
Part II Interior Space Colorations	25	(32)
Period Color	26	(5)
Color Programming and Visibility	31	(10)
Color Metaphor	41	(8)
Dominance, Subordinance, and Complementaries	49	(8)
Part III Cultural and Public Institutions	57	(36)
Color Context and Integration	58	(5)
Institutional Identity	63	(7)
Decoration, Symbol, and Coding	70	(7)
Color Function and Legibility	77	(6)
Icons, Themes, and Images	83	(10)
Part IV Retailing/Business Applications	93	(36)
Color Design Proposals	94	(4)
Integration and Separation	98	(4)
Generating Attention	102	(2)
Family of Objects	104	(6)
Sign and Image	110	(4)
Light and Surface	114	(4)
Products and Services	118	(5)
Calculated Color Schemes	123	(6)
Part V Industrial Colorations	129	(16)
Desert Light and Industrial Color	131	(4)
Harmonies of Color and Natural Material	135	(5)
Color Coding and Identity	140	(5)
Part VI Color Formalism in Urban Design	145	(20)
Environmental Urban Color Planning	146	(5)
Wimpey Hobbs	151	(6)
The Turin Color Plan and the Turin School of Urban Restoration	157	(8)
Part VII Environmental Color and Light	165	(16)
Colored Light for Valentino Village	166	(5)
Prisms	171	(4)
Imagery and Color Fusion	175	(6)
Part VIII Education, Technology, and Research	181	(60)
Color in Graphic Education	183	(3)
Virtual Space As a Future Color Design Tool	186	(6)
Simulating Real-World Complexity	192	(21)
Full-Scale Experimental Laboratory	213	(5)
Simulation-Aided Architectural Design (SAAD)	218	(2)
Full-Scale Modeling and Other Types of Environmental Simulation	220	(4)
Master of Arts Degree Program in Color Design at the University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland	224	(5)
Color Design Research Unit, South Bank University, London	229	(2)
International Association of Color Consultants/Designers	231	(4)
Environmental Color Design at Lawrence Technological University	235	(6)
Appendix A Color Order Systems and Tools	241	(10)
Munsell Color: The Universal Language	241	(3)
Color-Eye 7000 Spectrophotometer by GretagMacbeth™	244	(2)
SpectraLight® II Color Viewing System by GretagMacbeth™	246	(1)
The Natural Color System (NCS)	247	(4)
Appendix B International Color Organizations	251	(4)
Credits	255	(6)
Bibliography	261	(3)
Index	264