Concepts

Daylighting

Design Principle

Citation Formats

General Reference

Architecture and Design Atlas. "Daylighting." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/daylighting-architecture.

APA Style

Architecture and Design Atlas. (n.d.). Daylighting. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/daylighting-architecture

BibTeX

@misc{architectureanddesignatlas-daylighting,
  author = {Architecture and Design Atlas},
  title = {Daylighting},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/daylighting-architecture},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The practice of placing windows, skylights, light shelves and reflective surfaces to bring natural light deep into a building interior, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and shaping the orientation and section of sustainable design. A consideration since antiquity, visible in the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome, daylighting is now a formal discipline within contemporary green building design.

Facts

Concept Domain

Sustainability, Environmental Design 1

Cross-Tradition Connections