The Architecture of Happiness
By
DE BOTTON, ALAIN
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| Price: | $18.00 |
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| Categories: | Architecture & Design |
| ISBN: | 9780307481566 |
| Publisher: | Vintage, Random House, Inc. |
| Language: | English |
Summary
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. Continue reading...
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Helpful Customer Reviews
The Architecture of Happiness
James (Seattle, WA)
Wed Feb 13 2008 23:03
1. I read the book while Katherine & I settled into our new Vancouver flat. It was a most appropriately timed read.
2. I listened to a little snippet of the author speaking on the book on a Philosophy Bites podcast and liked what he had to say about the rational/sustainable cloak often pu...more...
Melissa (The United States)
Wed Aug 20 2008 12:45
This book is a good introduction to architecture - it really makes you think about what good architecture is - both high and low - and why we respond more favorably to some buildings than others. Beautiful black and white photos illustrate almost all of the authors examples and it was great to see b...more...
Matthew (Port Townsend, WA)
Sat Nov 07 2009 23:57
My friend X never unpacks. She lives out of boxes and suitcases. It is not unusual for her to simply abandon her possessions in an apartment or storage locker for which she has not paid rent. I understand this behavior. We both grew up essentially homeless: constantly uprooted and often living tempo...more...
Miles (Xiamen(Amoy), China)
Sun Nov 02 2008 21:45
One of the great causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kind of walls, buildings and streets we are surrounded by.
The Architecture of Happiness starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences; who we can be, and argues that it is architecture...more...
Rhi (San Diego, CA)
Thu Nov 19 2009 14:48
This book is essentially one long essay about why architecture matters. It's clearly written by a philosopher, both in terms of the logical way he presents some of his arguments, and his tendency to talk about the human condition. His descriptions of architecture are not very technical or particul...more...
ann (Houston, TX)
Sun Sep 20 2009 19:28
This book gives the average person a context, a brief history, and a vocabulary to appreciate and read architecture. I don't mean that in the high brow sense that you come away with an eductated, formed and sanctioned opinion, but it does encourages the reader go out and look at and question the bui...more...
Omer (The United States)
Thu Dec 10 2009 01:48
I came across this book at the local Barnes & Noble. It was among a table of books all part of a buy two get one free deal. I bought this along with Rubicon by Tom Holland as well as The Working Poor by David K. Shipler. I never heard of the Architecture of Happiness nor had I heard of Alain de Bott...more...
Carol (Switzerland)
Mon May 03 2010 01:52
de Botton quotes Stendhal as saying "beauty is the promise of happiness." And he goes on to say that "there are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness." If I had read this book instead of listened to it, I would have underlined many more passages - it was th...more...
Julie (The United States)
Wed Jun 09 2010 00:24
Everything I read by Alain de Botton makes me feel like I have new eyes on the world. I will read anything and everything he writes, and this book is no exception. This is a wonderful and enlightening look at why we love certain surroundings and buildings - why they satisfy us, comfort us, make us a...more...
Ryan (Denver, CO)
Tue Mar 03 2009 22:03
A gorgeously written book about the nature of beauty and happiness as it relates to art and architecture. As someone who spends a substantial amount of time thinking about buildings, this book brought me a lot of comfort and insight into the underpinnings of how buildings can shape a person's mood s...more...
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