The Architecture of Happiness.
New York: Pantheon Books, 2006. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 280, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. As New in Very Good DJ. Item #23656
One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. In this book, the author 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. A dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.
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