A critical review of articles published on atrium geometry and surface reflectances on daylighting in an atrium and its adjoining spaces

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-156

  Samant, Swinal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjoining spaces; Atrium; Atrium fa ades; Atrium geometry; Daylight

Indexed keywords

ADJOINING SPACES; ATRIUM; ATRIUM GEOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRITICAL REVIEW; DAYLIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATED RESEARCH; SCALE MODELS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

DAYLIGHTING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 77955652100     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2009.0033     Document Type: Article

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