Lighting: an urgent case for a major research effort in architectural science

Abstract This paper examines a number of issues in lighting in the context of design and the first 30 years of architectural science. It observes that architectural science's interest in lighting has mainly concerned the light-technical aspects of daylight and electric light and has tended to ignore the psychophysical. It also observes that there has been a reduction in lighting research and teaching in recent years and suggests that a major effort is needed to remedy this. Architectural science institutions should be the obvious homes for this research and teaching.