A Nocturnal History of Architecture

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For centuries, architectural theory has been predominantly influenced by daytime and solar concepts. Mentions of night in classical texts like Vitruvius' De Architectura are scarce, as in influential Renaissance treatises by Alberti or Palladio. It wasn't until the 19th and 20th centuries that electric lighting definitively transformed how architecture engages with nighttime. This book offers a first chronological exploration of A Nocturnal History of Architecture, spanning over 2000 years across different continents and geographies. From the darkness of Greek temples to the lit-up American suburbia, and from moon-inspired Japanese aesthetics to Italian nightclubs, it reveals how human identity and spaces are inseparable from the night.Editors: Javier F. Contreras, Vera Sacchetti, Roberto ZancanContributions by: Sébastien Grosset, Efrosyni Boutsikas, Maria Shevelkina, Murielle Hladik, Maarten Delbeke, Amy Chazkel, Lucía Jalón, Carlotta Darò, Yan Rocher, Alexandra Sumorok, Chase Galis, Cat Rossi, Léa-Catherine Szacka, Hilary Orange, Nick Dunn, Youri Kravtchenko