ABSTRACT
This chapter explains that constraints associated with the design and deployment of both natural and artificial lighting are outlined in turn followed by a survey of the contemporary emergence of standards for lighting other building typologies. It is relevant here to illustrate briefly the degree to which modifications to these rules were modestly proposed up until the call for radical reform towards the second half of the nineteenth century. The factor of economy, dominated the development of principles of public library design. The availability of artificial illumination and the conviction about the health benefits of sunlight began to have an impact on the architectural agenda more broadly, specific guidance for various building typologies emerged. The unfamiliar issue of glare presented immediate problems to the inventors of early artificial lighting. It is proposed that the unprecedented scale, scope and extent of the Carnegie library programme contributed to the achievement of agreed.
