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Author Lurie, Alison.

Title The language of houses : how buildings speak to us / Alison Lurie ; illustrations by Karen Sung.

Publication Info. Harrison, New York : Delphinium Books, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - New Materials  720.1 LURIE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  720.1 LURIE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  720.1 LURIE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  720.1 LURIE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  720.1 LU    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "Chapters 7, 9 and 10 of this book originally appeared in the New York Review of Books."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Offers a meditation on architecture and how it speaks to human experience, looking at what buildings and the spaces they contain say about the people who inhabit them, as well as the effects that those spaces have on them.
Subject Architecture -- Psychological aspects.
Architecture and society.
Architecture -- Aesthetics.
Added Author Sung, Karen.
ISBN 9781883285609: $25.95
1883285607
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