Kevin McCloud

FOREWORD All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air atid we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to light. Louis Kahn (I90I-I974) I wrote this book because I wanted to know how to light my...

Introduction I wrote this book because I wanted to make sense of its subject matter. Literally hundreds of books have been written about decoration and paint 'effects' in the last twenty years, and it's about time that these topics were put into their proper context. I hope this book does just...