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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Good for architecture students as the ideas discussed are challenges in design and beauty that we face every project and studio- very insightful
I finished this book in 2 days and fell absolutely in love with it. I didn't want it to end... and I haven't been able to say that about a book in a long time. I wish there were more like it.
I want to quit my engineering job and pursue my dream of a PhD in architectural history... um... right now.
I want to quit my engineering job and pursue my dream of a PhD in architectural history... um... right now.
I read this when I was a young teen and wanted to reread it to determine if I genuinely liked it or was just trying to be some kind of manic pixie dream girl. Turns out I genuinely did like it and still do!
DNF will never finish. I love de bottom but I don’t really...care for architecture or this book
A lovely read, but a failure to so much as mention the architecture of the global south merits four stars from me.
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
another harry purchase🤣🤣 what did you expect lol. nonetheless i liked it, it was pretty confusing opening it for the first time and seeing all those random pictures of buildings and shit. i thought it was a self-help book , as pathetic as it sounds lmao. the philosophical part of it SLAYED, but most of the architectural part😐 gurl... the first part was v interesting, the second part was boring, 3rd was okay, 4th was okay but also boring and the last one was relieving. the last 50 pages felt torturous😃 but nonetheless i enjoyed it and underlined a bunch of shit
Read this to Sara. Wish I had taken notes so I could give better evidence for my review but note taking is more difficult when reading to another.
I did enjoy this book. I think he makes many valid points. But. He also seriously overestimates and generalizes people's experiences, especially of art. He is sometimes highly anthropomorphic in his descriptions of buildings (and other things).
Once in a while you even find a howler like this: "He [Le Corbusier] forgot that without pedestrians to slow them down, cars are apt to go too fast and kill their drivers, and that without the eyes of cars on them, pedestrians can feel vulnerable and isolated" (246). That's not even passive voice; it's just plain and simply *wrong*, along with being anthropomorphic.
Metaphors abound and are frequently taken too far. Still, if you can overlook some of the abuse of metaphor and similar excesses, this is an interesting and enjoyable book.
I did enjoy this book. I think he makes many valid points. But. He also seriously overestimates and generalizes people's experiences, especially of art. He is sometimes highly anthropomorphic in his descriptions of buildings (and other things).
Once in a while you even find a howler like this: "He [Le Corbusier] forgot that without pedestrians to slow them down, cars are apt to go too fast and kill their drivers, and that without the eyes of cars on them, pedestrians can feel vulnerable and isolated" (246). That's not even passive voice; it's just plain and simply *wrong*, along with being anthropomorphic.
Metaphors abound and are frequently taken too far. Still, if you can overlook some of the abuse of metaphor and similar excesses, this is an interesting and enjoyable book.
Every chapter starts with a photo of a door. How adorable is that! A door is a symbol for beginning, in this case a new idea was born.
I really liked "The Architecture of Happiness" and totally forgot that there's a reference on this book in the movie (500) Days of Summer.
It talks about how architecture influences our life and how it can change our current mood in a minute or less. I understand now, because of this book, what is the practical part in architecture and why architecture really matters.
I really liked "The Architecture of Happiness" and totally forgot that there's a reference on this book in the movie (500) Days of Summer.
It talks about how architecture influences our life and how it can change our current mood in a minute or less. I understand now, because of this book, what is the practical part in architecture and why architecture really matters.
Saw this mentioned in http://acrlog.org/2012/10/29/enabling-the-research-flow-and-serendipity-in-todays-digital-library-environment/
Mixed in with the eye-opening insights, history tidbits, and interesting photograph examples were moments of the ridiculous: anthropomorphized furniture, big assumptions, and contradictions. I enjoyed the book, and I think there are important points made about how we do or should think of architecture, about the ways our homes do or don't "fit" us, about the present complimenting the past. At the same time, I'm not sure who I would recommend this book to.
Mixed in with the eye-opening insights, history tidbits, and interesting photograph examples were moments of the ridiculous: anthropomorphized furniture, big assumptions, and contradictions. I enjoyed the book, and I think there are important points made about how we do or should think of architecture, about the ways our homes do or don't "fit" us, about the present complimenting the past. At the same time, I'm not sure who I would recommend this book to.
These books are like the best little fruit tarts you've ever tasted- a little bit fancy, very sweet and best spaced apart by at least a month. YUM!