Why Architecture Matters (Why X Matters Series)

Why Architecture Matters (Why X Matters Series)

<DIV><DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>Why Architecture Matters</I> is not a work of architectural history or a guide to the styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. The purpose of <I>Why Architecture Matters</I> is to â€œcome to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectuallyâ€â€”with its impact on our lives. â€œArchitecture begins to matter,â€ writes Paul Goldberger, â€œwhen it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads.â€ He shows us how that works in examples ranging from a small Cape Cod cottage to the â€œvast, flowingâ€ Prairie houses of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the Lincoln Memorial to the highly sculptural Guggenheim Bilbao and the Church of Santâ€™Ivo in Rome, where â€œsimple geometries . . . create a work of architecture that embraces the deepest complexities of human imagination.â€</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Â </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Based on decades of looking at buildings and thinking about how we experience them, the distinguished critic raises our awareness of fundamental things like proportion, scale, space, texture, materials, shapes, light, and memory. Upon completing this remarkable architectural journey, readers will enjoy a wonderfully rewarding new way of seeing and experiencing every aspect of the built world.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Country USA
Brand Yale University Press
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2009-11-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Brand	Yale University Press
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2009-11-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Why Architecture Matters (Why X Matters Series)

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