The Architecture of Happiness
Paperback
$20.00
In stock
Loading availability...
Free standard shipping on orders over $50
Loading availability...
Free standard shipping on orders over $50
Pick up in store
Your local store may have stock of this item.
Your local store may have stock of this item.
Bestselling author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we would stand a better chance of happiness.
In this witty, erudite look at how we shape, and are shaped by, our surroundings, Alain de Botton applies Stendhal’s motto that “Beauty is the promise of happiness” to the spaces we inhabit daily. Why should we pay attention to what architecture has to say to us? de Botton asks provocatively.<…
Categories
AwardsPrint BooksArt, Architecture & PhotographyPaperbackDiscover TitleNonfictionArchitectureHistory & Criticism - ArchitectureGeneral & Miscellaneous Architectural History & CriticismChristian Scientist Monitor's Best General Nonfiction of 2006Best Books of the Year 2006Best Books of the YearChristian Science Monitor's Best Books of 2006



