The architecture of happiness Alain De Botton

By:

De Botton, Alain

Material type: Text

TextEstados Unidos: Vintage 2008Edition: 1Description: 280 páginas ; 24cm. ilContent type:

texto

Media type:

no mediado

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

978-0-307-27724-4

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

152.44 D287ar

Online resources:

Portada

Contents:

1. The significance of architecture. 2. In what style shall we build. 3. Talking buildings. 4. Ideals of home. 5. The virtues of buildings. 6. The promise of a field.

Summary: One of the great, but often unmentioned, causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kind of walls, chairs, buildings and streets we´re surrounded by.And yet a concern for architecture and design is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be - and argues that it is architecture´s task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential. Whereas many architects are wary of openly discussing the word beauty, the book has at its centre the large and naïve question: ´What is a beautiful building?´ It amounts to a tour through the philosophy and psychology of architecture, which aims to change the way we think about our homes, streets and ourselves.

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1. The significance of architecture. 2. In what style shall we build. 3. Talking buildings. 4. Ideals of home. 5. The virtues of buildings. 6. The promise of a field.

One of the great, but often unmentioned, causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kind of walls, chairs, buildings and streets we´re surrounded by.And yet a concern for architecture and design is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be - and argues that it is architecture´s task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential. Whereas many architects are wary of openly discussing the word beauty, the book has at its centre the large and naïve question: ´What is a beautiful building?´ It amounts to a tour through the philosophy and psychology of architecture, which aims to change the way we think about our homes, streets and ourselves.

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