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The World
                  Atlas of Architecture
                edited by Mitchell Beazley International Ltd, ©1984
                  
                
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~kcoleman/Precedents/ALL%20PDFs/Aalto_ViipuriLibrary.pdf
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                    Drawing
                  of how skylights diffuse light (page 8)
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                    Picture
                  of rooftop and skylights (page 8)
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                    Picture
                  of skylights from the outside and the inside (page 8)
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                    Drawing
                  of the use of artificial light with the skylights
                  (page 9)
“The
                  artificial lighting followed the
                  same principles of the daylighting. The light was
                  designed to fall on the book
                  diagonally and at all directions in order to avoid
                  shadows. The placement of
                  the fixtures were between the skylight openings. It is
                  possible that Aalto was
                  trying to mimic where the natural daylight came in, in
                  order to achieve similar
                  surroundings and environment when comparing the day to
                  the evening.”
                
                
Dome and pipe style skylight, picture 8 of 50 http://www.aamanet.org/gallery/1/245/1/skylightss