A review by sandyd
Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life by Colin Ellard

4.0

Very thought-provoking book about architecture, communication, the Internet, and our brains. How does the built environment affect our behavior? Our emotions? The research on this is scholarly and astonishing (and much of the most cutting-edge stuff was done by the author), though Ellard's writing style is not always as smoothly captivating as that some of my favorite nonfiction authors. It's interesting to think about his ideas about monumental architecture as they apply to famous archaeological centers - and Ellard himself uses Stonehenge as one personal example.