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Interesting reflections on how our built environment informs and can define our emotions. There are many theories of how architecture influences our daily lives and how changes in societal taste and needs influences architecture. Many great examples and pictures, though I will say mainly euro-centric examples and would liked to have seen more examples of architecture from other areas of the world. Very thought provoking read!
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A really wonderful book. Really the greatest introduction into architecture you could hope to read.
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Якщо коротко - я в захваті!
Ця книга дійсно чудова. Вона майстерно поєднує в собі архітектуру та психологію. Автор геніально розкриває те, як архітектура впливає на наші почуття і емоції. А описані приклади з реального життя дозволяють легко уявити те, про що говорить автор.
Крім того, я б хотів ще виділити графічний дизайн книги - він просто супер! Ілюстрації та фотографії відображають думки автора, допомагаючи більше зрозуміти його ідеї.
I like the premise but it was so dry and the audiobook narrator will put you to sleep with his monotonous tone.
Autor vždy na několika příkladech nenápadně navádí čtenáře na cestu, jak správně vnímat architekturu a estetiku obecně. Spousty věcí tak nějak víme, jen je autor učeše do krásných slov a zasadí do širšího historického a uměleckého rámce. Myslím si, že kniha má co nabídnou, jak těm, kteří s architekturou přišli do styku jen při otvírání dveří do nějaké budovy, tak i těm, kteří se o tento obor zajímají o něco více a pár jmen z architektury jim něco říká.
I'm not an architect nor an architecture expert, but I am definitely interested in the subject. This book isn't a technical treatise on what makes "good" architecture, but instead talks about how architecture reflects who we are, how we feel about our lives, and how architecture can make us feel. I enjoyed the musings, and the historical perspective, especially in such insightful passages as this one, on how people developed local housing styles in earlier centuries:
"The difficulties of travel also hindered the spread of knowledge about alternative building methods. Printing costs meant that few ever saw so much as a picture of how houses looked in other parts of the world (which explains why, in so much of early northern religious art, Jesus was born in what appears to be a chalet)." Just one of many nice little "aha!" moments...for me, anyway.
"The difficulties of travel also hindered the spread of knowledge about alternative building methods. Printing costs meant that few ever saw so much as a picture of how houses looked in other parts of the world (which explains why, in so much of early northern religious art, Jesus was born in what appears to be a chalet)." Just one of many nice little "aha!" moments...for me, anyway.