The architecture of happiness / Alain de Botton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Botton, Alain.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Psychological aspects.

Architecture.

Architecture and society.

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2006]

Summary:

With his trademark lucidity and humor, de Botton traces how human needs and desires have been served by styles of architecture, from stately Classical to minimalist Modern, arguing that the stylistic choices of a society can represent both its cherished ideals and the qualities it desperately lacks.

Contents:

I The Significance of Architecture 9

II In What Style Shall We Build? 27

III Talking Buildings 77

IV Ideals of Home 105

V The Virtues of Buildings 169

VI The Promise of a Field 251.

Notes:

Originally published: Great Britain : Hamish Hamilton, [2006?].

ISBN:

0375424431

OCLC:

65341331

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