The Landscape Lighting Book

by Janet Lennox Moyer

Overview

This richly illustrated, up-to-date guide offers practical coverage of all aspects of lighting design. Written by an award-winning, internationally known lighting designer, it covers lighting practices, materials, and their design applications and offers guidelines for preparing lighting drawings, control and transfer charts, symbol lists, and other technical specifications. This edition provides a new focus on the use of LEDs, as well as new and expanded coverage of renderings, Mesopic Vision, and the latest controls approaches and systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118073827
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/05/2013
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

JANET LENNOX MOYER, IALD, COLD, is founder of The Landscape Lighting Resource (www.tllr.org) in Troy, New York. Started to promote quality landscape lighting design and installation, LLR offers educational events to help people interested in lighting become more proficient and expand their practice. She gives out the Janet Lennox Moyer Award at the national conference of the Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals each year. Ms. Moyer practices design throughout the world and frequently writes and speaks on the subject.

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Table of Contents

Prefaces xii

Acknowledgements xiv

I. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

1.Assessing Project Needs 1

2.Vision and Perception of Light 13

3.Luminous Composition 19

4.The Design Process:Documenting and Installing Landscape Lighting 33

5.Follow-up Work: Record Documents and Project Maintenance 65

II. MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY 85

6. Light Sources 87

7. Light Fixtures 105

8. Corrosion, Materials, and Finishes 137

9.Controls 155

10.Wiring 169

III.APPLICATIONS 193

11.Residential Spaces 195

12. Public Spaces 205

13. Atria 211

IV. ELEMENTS OF DESIGN 219

14. Plant Materials 221

15.Garden Evolution: Changes That Affect

16. Sculptures, Architectural Structures, and Signage 267

17.Walkways and Stairs 281

18.Building Elevation Lighting 297

19.Water Features 309

APPENDIX 321

Documents 322

Lighting Manufacturers Directory 349

Bibliography 357

INDEX 361

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“…a thoroughly comprehensive, detailed guide to all stages of designing, installing and maintaining the lighting of gardens and landscapes.” (The Lighting Journal, Nov/Dec 2005)

"...many bright ideas and extremely detailed practical advice...." (Town and Country, June 2006)

Editorial Reviews

Explains both the technical and creative aspects to lighting a landscape, making an outdoor area usable at night, and lighting plants indoors. Well illustrated with diagrams and photographs, many from Moyer's own award-winning designs. Considers such issues as avoiding conflicts with other design elements, the characteristics of materials and surfaces, setting locations and levels, and preventive maintenance. Also includes a list of products and vendors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

This incredibly detailed reference book by an experienced lighting designer can serve a dual purpose: It can help landscape architects who are working with lighting professionals to research some of the issues they need to discuss, and it can serve as a guide to landscape architects on smaller projects who will be doing lighting design themselves. This third edition has been updated to include guidance on how LED technology requires changes to the configuration of light fixtures. Sections on how to light residential and public spaces as well as specifics on how to light different plants, sculptures, walkways, and stairs make this a reference book designers should keep handy. (Landscape Architecture Magazine, November 2013)

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