The buildings are a mixture of bland tenements, glassy high-rises and mosques, and the late afternoon sun is bathing everything in a warm, comforting light.
I felt that an entire category of my experience had been uplifted from the Cimmerian realm of the Inexpressible into the clear, comforting light of the Known.
He even built churches full of the comforting light of the people's heaven, though he himself didn't believe in it for a minute.In practice he doubted that architecture was important, or could change much.
As I walk back toward the deserted whaling station I am grateful for the unseasonable deep snow that has drifted among the buildings and enclosed the scene in a snug and strangely comforting light.
We did not seek any publicity in advance but all John's caring team knew what he was about to do: my fear was that Chinese whispers might mean the door that was opening for John, thanks to the example of Reg Crew, might be closed in his face just as he saw the comforting light emerging through it.
So she works to shine a positive, comforting light on the art, making her style counterintuitively political.
"Dormir" ranks 12 mostly cozy and largely dark corners (one of them across 46th Street at the European Union offices) using four criteria: comfort, lighting, serenity and frequency of use.
That assistant, called "PIA," can recognize riders by their phone and then tweak vehicle settings to their custom specifications, including things like cabin comforts, lighting and seating position.
Participants completed a total of 2261 online surveys measuring perceived thermal comfort, lighting comfort and noise annoyance, measures of work performance, and individual state factors underlying performance and wellbeing.
This paper presents an interactive web-based tool for assessing the visual environment in office spaces with roller shades; it extends the three aforementioned metrics in an annual framework, and allows users to input the parameters of their space of interest and return design recommendations for visual comfort, lighting energy use and outside view based on fabric properties.
