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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
I thought this would talk more about feelings rather than buildings. It’s interesting overall, but at the end of the day, it’s still a thesis about how the buildings that surround us makes us who we are.
[aretha franklin voice] beautiful pictures. lovely pictures. 😀
Its good. Not great. I like the writing style but he didnt prove anything. Then the end of it was oddly and pretty abruptly like “Japan is doing it right… England should copy them” but there wasn’t much precedent for it. But yeah well written and good use of illustrations.
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Plus léger que je m'y attendais, mais les exemples sont bien choisi, avec illustration pour chaque point. Le propos amène à réflexion.
AdB is an author I love to read and I've never regretted reading one of his books. This one was good, but felt a little under-researched at times. Specifically, the section on Japanese architecture was critical without convincing me that he'd really done enough to understand the place. I would have expected discussion of building codes, seismic engineering, disposable architecture, cultural desires to conform vs. differentiate, etc., etc. None of that expected discussion happened. Instead, the discussion of Japanese architecture felt like it was based on a two-week visit. Very disappointing!
I also found myself disappointed by the way the discussion was centered on how architecture makes a building's users feel, without enough discussion of other stakeholders who are impacted by architecture. What of the trees, animals, and other living things displaced by our buildings? Are they not included in the karmic accounting of "happiness" produced by a building? How about attempts to reconcile the carbon footprint of construction with the reality of our climate change predicament? The book's scope was necessarily narrow, but ultimately felt too narrow to be entirely satisfying.
I also found myself disappointed by the way the discussion was centered on how architecture makes a building's users feel, without enough discussion of other stakeholders who are impacted by architecture. What of the trees, animals, and other living things displaced by our buildings? Are they not included in the karmic accounting of "happiness" produced by a building? How about attempts to reconcile the carbon footprint of construction with the reality of our climate change predicament? The book's scope was necessarily narrow, but ultimately felt too narrow to be entirely satisfying.