Since the 1990s the kitchen has moved into the design spotlight, and this publication examines and reviews its significance in an architectural, cultural, social and economical context. The authors look at developments and revolutionary kitchen concepts of the last decades including standardized kitchens and open kitchen living spaces.

Illuminating examines central aspects of light planning. General characteristics and fundamental principles as well as subtle facets of an intelligent treatment of daylight are discussed and critically examined within an expanded architecture- and cultural-historical context.

LichtEinfall thematisiert zentrale Aspekte der Lichtplanung wie den Zusammenhang zwischen Tageslichtversorgung und architektonischer Gestaltung, Raumwirkung und Behaglichkeit. Dabei werden sowohl Grundlagen, als auch subtile Facetten des Umgangs mit Tageslicht erortert und in einem architekturhistorischen Kontext kritisch hinterfragt.