![]() ![]() Increasingly they are cogs in a global machine for building in which beauty, and how de Botton feelsĪbout it, are increasingly beside the point. He appears to believe that architects are still masters of their art, when De Botton never once discusses the importance of suchĭull, yet determining, matters as finance or planning laws, much less inventions such as the lift or Rarely been something architects think about. Inconsistent is its capacity to generate the happiness on which its claim to our attention is founded.' IfĪrchitecture's capacity to generate happiness is inconsistent, this might be because happiness has And he is given to making extraordinary claims: 'Architecture is perplexing. Support of earlier authors on the subject to walk him across the daunting threshold of architecture Yet one is left with the feeling that he needed the help and That affects all our lives, our happiness and well-being.Īlain de Botton raises important, previously unasked, questions concerning the quest for beauty inĪrchitecture, or its rejection or denial. Psychological consequences of design in architecture: architecture should be treated as something HisĬommendable aim is to encourage architects, and society more generally, to pay more attention to the Message, then, is fairly simple but worthwhile precisely because it is simple, readable and timely. Nowadays very much about emotion and beauty. Not about the specifically architectural characteristics of space and design, but much more about theĮmotions that architecture inspires in the users of buildings. ![]() The essential theme of his book is how architecture influences mood and behaviour. Now, with typical self-assurance, he has turned to the subject ofĪrchitecture. Four reviewers comment on philosopher Alain De Botton's book called The Architecture of Happiness.Īlain de Botton is a brave and highly intelligent writer who writes about complex subjects, clarifying ![]()
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