Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Audio, Inc. : Made available through hoopla, 2009
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 42 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781433222993 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT10026642, 143322299X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 10026642
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Simon Vance
The Architecture of Happiness is a dazzling journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations. One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet, a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. Alain de Botton starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be, and argues that it is architecture's task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential
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