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The Architecture of Happiness
Alain de Botton
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Paperback, 280 pages; 2008 (2006)
$16.95
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Belief in the significance of architecture is premised on the notion that we are, for better or for worse, different people in different places—and on the conviction that it is architecture’s task to render vivid to us who we might ideally be.
Erudite yet accessible, The Architecture of Happiness is a philosophical and psychological rumination on the relationship between human emotion and architectural design. In chapters with such titles as "Ideals of Home"and "The Virtues of Buildings,"Alain de Botton examines architectural movements in furniture, houses, public buildings, places of worship, even entire cities. He relates changing aesthetic trends to the ability of object design to communicate an ever-evolving understanding of happiness. Generously illustrated, The Architecture of Happiness pays profound and eloquent tribute to the significance of our constructed environments.
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