CONTENTS
18 Cubism to clarity
From dark concrete voids to luminous glass pyramids, Dr Thomas Schielke explores
the evolution of light in IM Pei’s museums
42 A walk in the dark
Pacing the city at night can be a pycho-sensory experience or a political act.
Leni Schwendinger examines the insight it gives into how we share our streets
and how we should shape them
59 Construct of a nocturnal city
Noctambulation, the act of wandering after dark, is a provocation abetted by architecture,
writes urban manifesto author Nick Dunn
62 Second stage
Mark Ridler argues that lighting designers who make the transition from theatre
to architecture arrive with a richer visual vocabulary
79 Dramatic lead
Jill Entwistle meets the pioneering theatre lighting designer Richard Pilbrow,
who founded a profession in the UK
88 Poetry in motion
Michael Anastassiades has elevated simplicity to an artform with his neatly engineered
luminaires. He reveals the inspiration for some of his best-known pieces to Nicky Trevett
Regulars
101 Design File
132 Moodboard
138 Sketchbook
146 Viewfinder
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Cover: the art of noctambulation depicted in Gael Varoquaux’s atmospheric image of the Louvre
pyramid in Paris famously designed by IM Pei (see pages 18 and 42)
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