Title & Author:

Building happiness : architecture to make you smile / edited by Jane Wernick.

Publication:

London : Black Dog, 2008.

Description:

173 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Ha-harchitecture / Louis Hellman -- The happiness in-between / Keith Bradley -- The good life / Ros Diamond and Simon Henley -- Paul Smith's happy place -- Is happiness the key to unlocking sustainability? / Pooran Desai and Ed Blake -- Richard Rogers' happy place -- The role of comfort in happiness / Max Fordham -- Kirsty Wark's happy place -- An evidence-based approach to building happiness / David Halpern -- Hugh Pearman's happy place -- The love affair between psychology and architecture / Byron Mikellides -- Will Alsop's happy place -- Social and physical factors for building happiness / Sarah Toy and Hilary Guite -- Antony Gormley's happy place -- Building for cloud 9 / Lorna Walker -- A happy age (before the days of architects) / Jeremy Till -- Odile Decq's happy place -- Happiness in the landscape / Martha Schwartz -- Deyan Sudjic's happy place -- A conversation with Richard Wentworth -- David Lan's happy place -- Can urban topologies promote happiness? / Tamsie Thomson -- Jane Wernick's happy place.

Summary:

This text discusses the nature of happiness within our built environment. It includes ideas and debates informed by architects such as Herman Hertzberger and Aldo van Eyck, with these brought up to date through the work of contemporary architects and commentators.

ISBN:

9781906155469 (pbk.)
1906155461 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Psychological aspects.
Architecture and society.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture Aspect psychologique.
Architecture et société.
Architecture Esthétique.
Arkitektur.
Arkitekturteori.

Added entries:

Wernick, Jane.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261473
Call No.: BIB 192481
Status: Available