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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
reflective
medium-paced
Very Eurocentric but still a good read
reflective
medium-paced
Rich with interesting observations, but lacked a through line --- I didn't come away with the sense that his many keen insights add up to anything in particular.
It is interesting to think about how architecture can inspire or deflate us. To consider the land before a city has been created and the promise of something more beautiful in replace (or not). To follow architecture through the ages, from the overly ornate, to pared back simplicity and everything in between. Why are we drawn to some buildings and repelled by others? This book often had me pause to think about what a building actually revealed about itself- and to consider with conscious thought, how buildings communicate and evoke feelings in people by the style and shape of their structure.
I enjoyed this read. At times I struggled with the writing, getting lost on occasion with what Alain de Botton was getting at, however the book achieved, I think, its point in understanding our relationship with architecture and how we react to the buildings in our environment.
I enjoyed this read. At times I struggled with the writing, getting lost on occasion with what Alain de Botton was getting at, however the book achieved, I think, its point in understanding our relationship with architecture and how we react to the buildings in our environment.
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
The author clearly lives in a different mind than mine, one of constant psychedelic evocation. It makes him wonerful to listen to. His theory of aesthetics as psychological and ethical relies on this sense of evocation, although he does not not acknowledge his difference from others along this axis. (Towards the end, he mentions that sometimes we might invoke metaphysical or spiritual language when we can't place the actual thought process at work.) Is he simply better attuned to the innerworkings of his mind, or does he have a more active one? Both, of course. He is an intensely sensitve person, in multiple senses.
This very short book, full of strking observations, organized in neat brief numbered sections, I want to return to.
This very short book, full of strking observations, organized in neat brief numbered sections, I want to return to.
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I have loved every single one of de Botton's books, and this is no exception. He is an acute observer and an elegantly economic and witty writer.
Una aproximación a la arquitectura y el urbanismo como referentes culturales, estéticos y del gusto de las diferentes épocas y lugares del mundo.
La narración es sencilla, te lleva de la mano de un concepto a otro por lo que acompañas al autor en su propia cadena de razonamientos. Lejos de ser un libro teórico, en todas partes se respira una auténtica pasión y una enorme duda sobre los elementos que hacen que nuestras casas sean hogares y cómo afecta la arquitectura a nuestra felicidad.
La narración es sencilla, te lleva de la mano de un concepto a otro por lo que acompañas al autor en su propia cadena de razonamientos. Lejos de ser un libro teórico, en todas partes se respira una auténtica pasión y una enorme duda sobre los elementos que hacen que nuestras casas sean hogares y cómo afecta la arquitectura a nuestra felicidad.