With his trademark lucidity and humor, de Botton traces how human needs and desires have been served by styles of architecture, from stately Classical to minimalist Modern, arguing that the stylistic choices of a society can represent both its cherished ideals and the qualities it desperately lacks.

• ISBN: 0375424431
• ISBN-13: 9780375424434
• Author : Alain de Botton
• Category : Architecture - Criticism
• Language : English
• Format:  Hardcover - Search for other formats
• Publication Date: 10/1/2006
• Publisher Imprint: Pantheon Books
• Price ($AUD): $42.95


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