A review by mvw3
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton

4.0

This felt--in the best possible way--reminiscent of an assigned reading for a good intro level college class in aesthetics, design, or architectural history. The curious but non-committal could just read the captions and get the gist of it pretty quickly. But if you're interested in architecture (in Western Europe and the United States), this is a solid introduction. Amazingly, he never once referenced Frank Lloyd Wright. This is a feat almost as impressive as Georges Perec's La Disparation, an entire novel that never once uses the letter "e".