What adults don't know about architecture : inspiring young minds to build a more beautiful world.

Title & Author:

What adults don't know about architecture : inspiring young minds to build a more beautiful world.

Publication:

London : The School of Life, 2021.

Description:

185 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
An introduction to architecture. You're an architect! -- Why is architecture important? -- How buildings are like people -- Why are so many places ugly? -- What is beauty? -- The recipe for good architecture -- How to build a beautiful city. Make your city interesting -- Becoming a team manager -- Make things the right size -- Use a nice materials -- Develop a local style -- Make the city lively -- Repetition is good -- Conclusion. Why are houses so expensive? -- Architecture and democracy.

Summary:

Children are rarely introduced properly to architecture, but there are in fact few subjects more important because the quality of the architecture that surrounds us has such an impact on our mood and sense of well-being. The bitter truth is that in modern times, we've built a world that's far too often ugly or uncharming and we've done so because only a very few people ever feel they have the right to comment on what gets built around them. This is a chance for the next generation to develop the tools to talk about architecture with confidence, knowledge and passion. It tells us about what a satisfying building is, what makes a street enticing (or not), why some cities are charming and others repel us and how we might build going forward in a way that will reliably delight and uplift us. This engaging and beautifully illustrated guide is designed to help children (and their favourite adults) to understand how buildings work and how we might create the better looking world we all crave and deserve.

ISBN:

9781912891306 hardcover
1912891301 hardcover

Subject:

Architecture Popular works.
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Popular works.

Added entries:

School of Life (Business enterprise), issuing body.

What adults do not know about architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316927
Call No.: 316927
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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