Library IssuesOctober 2018 | In this issue Tadao Ando: The nature of concreteEva Jiřičná: Clear visionCharlotte Perriand: Modestly BlazingAugust 2018 | In this issue Oscar Niemeyer: The controversial modernist masterHiroshi Sambuichi: Daylight Award laureate 2018Albert Munsell: A century of mapping colourJune 2018 | In this issue JEAN NOUVEL: Light, materiality and non-conformityMOTOKO ISHII: The first female lighting designerANTHONY MCCALL: Illusions of solidity: the sculptor of beamsApril 2018 | In this issue JAMES CARPENTER: Transparency made tengibleISAMU NOGUCHI: The man who gave the world the paper globeSACRED LIGHT: Religion, architecture and illuminationFebruary 2018 | In this issue TADAO ANDO: Richard Pare recalls an auspicious meetingDAAN ROOSEGAARDE: The Dutch barnstormer on light and landscapesOLAFUR ELIASON: How narrow frequency broadens the mindDecember 2017 | In this issue PYRAMID POWER: Centenarian IM Pei's evolving illuminationNIGHTWALKING: Why we should explore the city after darkROLE-CHANGE: Making the move from theatre to architectureOctober 2017 | In this issue SPACE BEYOND WORDS: Critique Lecorbusier And RonchampSEEING IS PERCEIVING: Profile Robert IrwinTHE UNIQUE LIGHT OF PLACE: Davidson Norris explores the Old City of JerusalemAugust 2017 | In this issue FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: How the quest for light not height shaped his workWOLFGANG BUTTRESS: The Hive sculptor reflects on art and astrophysicsMARC SADLER: From Kevlar to concrete: material matters in designJune 2017 | In this issue THOMAS WILFRED: James Turrell on the pioneering artistMURAT TABANLIOGLU: The Turkish architect with a light touchTODD BRACHER: The design influencer with no time for egosApril 2017 | In this issue LOUIS KAHN: Mystic, maverick and master of lightMATERIAL WORLD: Where architecture and science meetHIDDEN SOURCE: Davide Groppi pursues the invisibleFebruary 2017 | In this issue LIGHT VERSE: Architect and poet Rand ElliottSTUDIO FUKSAS: Not every cloud has a steel liningMONOCHROME: All shades, all hues. Why we have the bluesDecember 2016 | In this issue The political spectrum: Mark Major examines why colour is controversialWindows on the soul: Iain Ruxton reflects on centuries of coloured daylight in both sacred and secular architectureGlass of their own: Three of the world's leading artists working with daylight, glass and colourOctober 2016 | In this issue Nicholas Grimshaw: Why architects should study lighting theoryMotoko Ishii: Why we should all value moonshineIngo Maurer: Why his crazy designs still appeal after 50 yearsAugust 2016 | In this issue Howard Brandston: The polymath pioneer on learning to seeJuha Leiviska: The instrumental architect at 80Night at the museum: How gas light helped edify Victorian workersJune 2016 | In this issue Kengo Kuma: Japan's rebel starchitect employs craft and natureGae Aulenti: Witty, endring designs that bucked the trendCutting Overheads: Office lighting needs a change of directionApril 2016 | In this issue Steven Holl: Essay and watercolours in the light of experienceNeon Still on: Cold cathode remains a sign of the timesJames Turrell: Art and architecture integrate in AarhusFebruary 2016 | In this issue Richard Kelly: Margaret Maile Petty on a towering talentVerner Panton: Tuned in and turned on to light and colourDay in, Day out: Elisa Valero Ramos on changing perceptionDecember 2015 | In this issue Alvar Aalto: Richard Weston reassessed the pioneering Finn's legacyThe Dark Arts: Mark Major on the power of shadow and contrastExposure: Phil Coffey's photographic essay on people and homeOctober 2015 | In this issue In praise of shadows: Fifty tears on, we reprint Tanizaki's masterpieceA partnership in light: Kim Herforth Nielsen and Steven Scott on a 20-year collaborationTurrell Reviewed: We report on James Turrell's latest light art exhibitionAugust 2015 | In this issue Michelle De Lucchi: Lighting's accidental hero who created an iconEoin Billings: We must bridge the gap between architects and techAdvice to myself: Architects and designers write to their younger selvesJune 2015 | In this issue Daniel Libeskind: Why the most important building material is lightOlafur Eliasson: The light artist who likes to make people feel unsettledAchille Castiglioni: Wit, form and function create timeless luminairesApril 2015 | In this issue Snohetta Exclusive: We talk light with founder Kjtil Traedal ThorsenPoul Henningsen: We celebrate Denmark's peerless lighting designerThe Undimmed: We name the 40 greatest luminaires of all timeFebruary 2015 | In this issue Jorn Utzon: Richard Weston on Denmarks's crafter of lightEdison Avery Price: Jonathan Glancey pays homage to a light pioneerIs light a drug: Light's much more potent than we thought