The Architecture of Happiness
Author: Alain De Botton
Translator: Young-mok Jeong
Publisher: Cheongmirae
312 pages | 155 * 217 mm
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| >>>This book is written in Korean. |
About This Book
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 and design is too often described as
frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts
from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be, and it
argues that it is architecture’s task to stand as an eloquent reminder
of our full potential.
Whereas many architects are wary of openly discussing the word beauty,
this book has at its center the large and naive question: What is a
beautiful building? It is a tour through the philosophy and psychology
of architecture that aims to change the way we think about our homes,
our streets and ourselves.
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