Год выпуска: 2006 Автор: Alain de Botton Издательство: Vintage International Страниц: 288 ISBN: 978-0-307-27724-4
Описание
"The Achitecture of Happiness" is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.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. And yet a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent.