| Description |
xvii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Why X matters |
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Why X matters.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Ch. 1. Meaning, culture, and symbol -- Ch. 2. Challenge and comfort -- Ch. 3. Architecture as object -- Ch. 4. Architecture as space -- Ch. 5. Architecture and memory -- Ch. 6. Buildings and time -- Ch. 7. Buildings and the making of place -- Glossary -- A note on bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The purpose of Why Architecture Matters is to 'come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually' - to teach us how to understand the architecture that surrounds us every day."-- inside jacket. |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Psychological aspects.
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Architecture and society.
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Architecture and society. (OCoLC)fst00813574
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Architecture -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00813504
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| ISBN |
9780300144307 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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030014430X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780300168174 (pbk.) |
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0300168179 (pbk.) |
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