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Author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that “Beauty is the promise of happiness” to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why(...)
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Author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that “Beauty is the promise of happiness” to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why(...)
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The architecture of happiness
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Author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that “Beauty is the promise of happiness” to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why should we pay attention to what architecture has to say to us? de Botton asks. 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. On an individual level, de Botton has deep sympathy for our need to see our selves reflected in our surroundings; he demonstrates how buildings — just like friends — can serve as guardians of our identity. 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. 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.
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Author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that “Beauty is the promise of happiness” to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why should we pay attention to what architecture has to say to us? de Botton asks. 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. On an individual level, de Botton has deep sympathy for our need to see our selves reflected in our surroundings; he demonstrates how buildings — just like friends — can serve as guardians of our identity. 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. 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.
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September 2006, Toronto
September 2006, Toronto
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Architectural Theory
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Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that "Beauty is the promise of happiness" to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why should we(...)
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Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that "Beauty is the promise of happiness" to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why should we(...)
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The architecture of happiness
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Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that "Beauty is the promise of happiness" to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why should we pay attention to what architecture has to say to us? de Botton asks. 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. 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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Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness. In this look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that "Beauty is the promise of happiness" to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why should we pay attention to what architecture has to say to us? de Botton asks. 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. 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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April 2008
April 2008
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Architectural Theory
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L'Architecture du bonheur
L'Architecture du bonheur
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S'il est vrai que les bâtiments et les objets d'ameublement que nous qualifions de beaux évoquent des aspects du bonheur, on pourrait néanmoins demander pourquoi nous trouvons une telle évocation nécessaire. Pourquoi ce que notre environnement a à nous dire serait-il si important? Pourquoi les architectes devraient-ils se soucier de concevoir des bâtiments qui expriment(...)
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S'il est vrai que les bâtiments et les objets d'ameublement que nous qualifions de beaux évoquent des aspects du bonheur, on pourrait néanmoins demander pourquoi nous trouvons une telle évocation nécessaire. Pourquoi ce que notre environnement a à nous dire serait-il si important? Pourquoi les architectes devraient-ils se soucier de concevoir des bâtiments qui expriment(...)
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L'Architecture du bonheur
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S'il est vrai que les bâtiments et les objets d'ameublement que nous qualifions de beaux évoquent des aspects du bonheur, on pourrait néanmoins demander pourquoi nous trouvons une telle évocation nécessaire. Pourquoi ce que notre environnement a à nous dire serait-il si important? Pourquoi les architectes devraient-ils se soucier de concevoir des bâtiments qui expriment des sentiments et des idées spécifiques? Pourquoi sommes-nous si vulnérables à ce que disent les espaces où nous vivons ? Depuis plusieurs livres déjà, Alain de Botton s'intéresse à notre bonheur et cherche les moyens de nous rendre plus heureux. Après la lecture de Proust, puis celle des grands philosophes, l'art de mieux voyager et l'importance de notre statut social, voici qu'il se penche sur notre cadre de vie et plus particulièrement sur l'architecture des lieux où nous vivons et travaillons. En quoi l'un et l'autre influencent notre mode de pensée, notre façon de nous comporter, en bref notre existence au quotidien, tel est le sujet de L'architecture du bonheur. Faisant preuve comme toujours d'une éblouissante érudition - et de beaucoup d'humour -, Alain de Botton nous entraîne de Paris à Tokyo, de Londres à Brasília, du Kent à l'Engadine, et bien d'autres lieux encore, à la recherche de la maison idéale.
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S'il est vrai que les bâtiments et les objets d'ameublement que nous qualifions de beaux évoquent des aspects du bonheur, on pourrait néanmoins demander pourquoi nous trouvons une telle évocation nécessaire. Pourquoi ce que notre environnement a à nous dire serait-il si important? Pourquoi les architectes devraient-ils se soucier de concevoir des bâtiments qui expriment des sentiments et des idées spécifiques? Pourquoi sommes-nous si vulnérables à ce que disent les espaces où nous vivons ? Depuis plusieurs livres déjà, Alain de Botton s'intéresse à notre bonheur et cherche les moyens de nous rendre plus heureux. Après la lecture de Proust, puis celle des grands philosophes, l'art de mieux voyager et l'importance de notre statut social, voici qu'il se penche sur notre cadre de vie et plus particulièrement sur l'architecture des lieux où nous vivons et travaillons. En quoi l'un et l'autre influencent notre mode de pensée, notre façon de nous comporter, en bref notre existence au quotidien, tel est le sujet de L'architecture du bonheur. Faisant preuve comme toujours d'une éblouissante érudition - et de beaucoup d'humour -, Alain de Botton nous entraîne de Paris à Tokyo, de Londres à Brasília, du Kent à l'Engadine, et bien d'autres lieux encore, à la recherche de la maison idéale.
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October 2007, France
October 2007, France
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Une semaine à l'aéroport
Une semaine à l'aéroport
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Si on devait expliquer à un Martien toute la complexité du monde moderne (confiance en la technologie, destruction de la nature, conception romantique des voyages) il faudrait sans aucun doute lui faire visiter un aéroport. Car les aéroports constituent, dans toute leur effervescence, leur intérêt et leur beauté, le centre symbolique de notre civilisation.
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Si on devait expliquer à un Martien toute la complexité du monde moderne (confiance en la technologie, destruction de la nature, conception romantique des voyages) il faudrait sans aucun doute lui faire visiter un aéroport. Car les aéroports constituent, dans toute leur effervescence, leur intérêt et leur beauté, le centre symbolique de notre civilisation.
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January 2011
January 2011
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Une semaine à l'aéroport
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Si on devait expliquer à un Martien toute la complexité du monde moderne (confiance en la technologie, destruction de la nature, conception romantique des voyages) il faudrait sans aucun doute lui faire visiter un aéroport. Car les aéroports constituent, dans toute leur effervescence, leur intérêt et leur beauté, le centre symbolique de notre civilisation.
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Si on devait expliquer à un Martien toute la complexité du monde moderne (confiance en la technologie, destruction de la nature, conception romantique des voyages) il faudrait sans aucun doute lui faire visiter un aéroport. Car les aéroports constituent, dans toute leur effervescence, leur intérêt et leur beauté, le centre symbolique de notre civilisation.
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January 2011
January 2011
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The art of travel
The art of travel
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With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished(...)
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With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished(...)
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The art of travel
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With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. The Art of Travel is a wise and utterly original book. Don’t leave home without it.
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With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. The Art of Travel is a wise and utterly original book. Don’t leave home without it.
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January 2004
January 2004
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Transportation, Tourism, Migration
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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The news: a user's manuel
The news: a user's manuel
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Mixing snippets of current news with philosophical reflections, The News will blend the timeless with the contemporary, and bring the wisdom of thousands of years of culture to bear on our contemporary obsessions and neuroses. The News ranges across news categories-from politics to murders, from economics to celebrities, from the weather to paparazzi shows--in search of(...)
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Mixing snippets of current news with philosophical reflections, The News will blend the timeless with the contemporary, and bring the wisdom of thousands of years of culture to bear on our contemporary obsessions and neuroses. The News ranges across news categories-from politics to murders, from economics to celebrities, from the weather to paparazzi shows--in search of(...)
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Mixing snippets of current news with philosophical reflections, The News will blend the timeless with the contemporary, and bring the wisdom of thousands of years of culture to bear on our contemporary obsessions and neuroses. The News ranges across news categories-from politics to murders, from economics to celebrities, from the weather to paparazzi shows--in search of answers to the questions: "What do we want from this?" and "Is it doing us any good?".
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Mixing snippets of current news with philosophical reflections, The News will blend the timeless with the contemporary, and bring the wisdom of thousands of years of culture to bear on our contemporary obsessions and neuroses. The News ranges across news categories-from politics to murders, from economics to celebrities, from the weather to paparazzi shows--in search of answers to the questions: "What do we want from this?" and "Is it doing us any good?".
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May 2014
May 2014
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Art as therapy
Art as therapy
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Philosopher Alain de Botton and art historian John Armstrong propose a new way of looking at familiar masterpieces, suggesting that they can be useful, relevant, and - above all else - therapeutic for their viewers.
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Philosopher Alain de Botton and art historian John Armstrong propose a new way of looking at familiar masterpieces, suggesting that they can be useful, relevant, and - above all else - therapeutic for their viewers.
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Art as therapy
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Philosopher Alain de Botton and art historian John Armstrong propose a new way of looking at familiar masterpieces, suggesting that they can be useful, relevant, and - above all else - therapeutic for their viewers.
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Philosopher Alain de Botton and art historian John Armstrong propose a new way of looking at familiar masterpieces, suggesting that they can be useful, relevant, and - above all else - therapeutic for their viewers.
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October 2013
October 2013
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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The art of travel
The art of travel
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Few activities seem to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers,(...)
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Few activities seem to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers,(...)
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The art of travel
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Few activities seem to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers, Alain de Botton provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, this book tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggest how we might be happier on our journeys.
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Few activities seem to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers, Alain de Botton provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, this book tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggest how we might be happier on our journeys.
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June 2014
June 2014
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Journeys
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Art as therapy
Art as therapy
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This book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confusions of modern life. Chapters on love, nature, money, and politics show how art can help with many common(...)
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This book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confusions of modern life. Chapters on love, nature, money, and politics show how art can help with many common(...)
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Art as therapy
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This book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confusions of modern life. Chapters on love, nature, money, and politics show how art can help with many common difficulties, from forging good relationships to coming to terms with mortality.
Art as therapy
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This book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confusions of modern life. Chapters on love, nature, money, and politics show how art can help with many common difficulties, from forging good relationships to coming to terms with mortality.
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October 2016
October 2016
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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 charmless—and we’ve done so because very few people ever feel(...)
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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 charmless—and we’ve done so because very few people ever feel(...)
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May 2021
May 2021
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What adults don't know about architecture
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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 charmless—and we’ve done so because 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 guide is designed to help children (and their favorite adults) to understand how buildings work and how we might create the better looking world we all crave and deserve.
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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 charmless—and we’ve done so because 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 guide is designed to help children (and their favorite adults) to understand how buildings work and how we might create the better looking world we all crave and deserve.
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May 2021
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