74309d7132 Find a library Sign in Sign up Everything eBooks Audiobooks Periodicals Video Libraries Read A Sample The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton ebook Sign up to save your library With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. HOMECategory . .. "The Architecture of Happiness" will take you on a beguiling tour through the history and psychology of architecture and interior design, and will forever alter your relationship with buildings. Why should we pay attention to what architecture has to say to us? de Botton asks provocatively.With his trademark lucidity and humour, 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. Media The Architecture of Happiness Using OverDrive Download the app Getting started Help Troubleshooting Support About us Company Libraries Education Resource Center Marketplace Policies Privacy policy Terms and conditions Attributions OverDrive, Inc. .. Bestselling author Alain de Botton has written about love, travel, status and how philosophy can console us.
His bestselling books include "Essays in Love"; "The Romantic Movement"; "Kiss and Tell"; "Status Anxiety"; "How Proust Can Change Your Life"; "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work"; "The Art of Travel"; "The Architecture of Happiness" and "Religion for Atheists". Search Archives March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 Meta Register Log in Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Download (23 Mb) Hanok: The Korean HouseUniversal Design: Principles And ModelsNarrow Houses: New Directions in Efficient DesignKafkas ArchitecturesDesigning With Light ← The Acquisition Of Spanish In Understudied Language Pairings Spatial Pathology: Floating Realities → No Comments Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Now he turns his attention to one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and their furnishings. When shopping for furniture or remodelling the kitchen, we don't just consider functionality but also the major questions of aesthetics and the philosophy of art: What is beauty? Can beautiful surroundings make us good? Can beauty bring happiness? The buildings we find beautiful, de Botton concludes, are those that represent our ideas of a meaningful life. (LogOut/Change) You are commenting using your Google+ account. Worrying about the shape of our sofa or the colour of our walls might seem self-indulgent, but de Botton considers the hopes and fears we have for our homes at a new level of depth and insight. He lives in London and founded The School of Life and Living Architecture. On an individual level, de Botton has deep sympathy for our need to see our selves reflected in our surroundings; he demonstrates with great wisdom how buildings – just like friends – can serve as guardians of our identity.
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