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Color in architecture : design methods for buildings, interiors, and urban spaces / Harold Linton

By: Linton, Harold.
Publisher: N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c1999Description: xviii, 267 p. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0070381194 (hbk); 0071411739 (pbk).Subject(s): Color in architecture | Color in design | Color in interior decorationDDC classification: 721
Contents:
Foreword. - Preface. - Introduction. - Pt. I. Color Styling for Residential Architecture. - Pt. II. Interior Space Colorations. - Pt. III. Cultural and Public Institutions. - Pt. IV. Retailing/Business Applications. - Pt. V. Industrial Colorations. - Pt. VI. Color Formalism in Urban Design. - Pt. VII. Environmental Color and Light. - Pt. VIII. Education, Technology, and Research. - Appendix A. Color Order Systems and Tools. - Appendix B. International Color Organizations. - Credits. - Bibliography. - Index.
Summary: "Apart from issues of form and space, nothing factors into architectural design as much as color. And when it comes to giving you an in-depth, highly useful look at how color comes into play in the overall design of interior and exterior environments, Color in Architecture: Design Methods for Buildings, Interiors, and Urban Spaces in truly in a league of its own. "What effect doew color have on the completed architectural design?" "What colors work best in certain applications?"... If you're an architect or designer aiming to design buildings that fit with their surroundings, questions like these come with the territory. Throughout Color in Architecture, noted author and expert color theorist Harold Linton has made it his mission to answer these and many other questions encountered on the job, making it much easier for you to work with color day to day, on projects large and small. Every aspect of color planning and application is presented with over 200 examples from an array of colorists, showing you how color solutions can be applied to a wide array of architectural designs." - Back cover.
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Foreword. - Preface. - Introduction. - Pt. I. Color Styling for Residential Architecture. - Pt. II. Interior Space Colorations. - Pt. III. Cultural and Public Institutions. - Pt. IV. Retailing/Business Applications. - Pt. V. Industrial Colorations. - Pt. VI. Color Formalism in Urban Design. - Pt. VII. Environmental Color and Light. - Pt. VIII. Education, Technology, and Research. - Appendix A. Color Order Systems and Tools. - Appendix B. International Color Organizations. - Credits. - Bibliography. - Index.

"Apart from issues of form and space, nothing factors into architectural design as much as color. And when it comes to giving you an in-depth, highly useful look at how color comes into play in the overall design of interior and exterior environments, Color in Architecture: Design Methods for Buildings, Interiors, and Urban Spaces in truly in a league of its own. "What effect doew color have on the completed architectural design?" "What colors work best in certain applications?"... If you're an architect or designer aiming to design buildings that fit with their surroundings, questions like these come with the territory. Throughout Color in Architecture, noted author and expert color theorist Harold Linton has made it his mission to answer these and many other questions encountered on the job, making it much easier for you to work with color day to day, on projects large and small. Every aspect of color planning and application is presented with over 200 examples from an array of colorists, showing you how color solutions can be applied to a wide array of architectural designs." - Back cover.