Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art

Day, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0750659017 / ISBN 13: 9780750659017

Editore: Elsevier /Architectural Press, 2008

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Later printing 2008 of the second edition, Published by Elsevier /Architectural Press. Trade softcover without DJ as issued. Condition new, square and tight book, corners not bumped, no edgewear, spine not creased, no shelfwear, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent pages corners, not a reminder. 8vo, 309 pages, illustrated.

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• Titolo: Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art
• Editore: Elsevier /Architectural Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0750659017
• ISBN 13: 9780750659017
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: 2nd Edition
• Stampa: 5th or later Printin
• Condizione: New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket

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Riassunto

Revised to incorporate the changes in opinions and attitudes since its first publication, the second edition of 'Places of the Soul' has brought Christopher Day's classic text into the 21st century. This new edition of the seminal text reminds us that true sustainable design does not simply mean energy efficient building. Sustainable buildings must provide for the 'soul'. For Christopher Day architecture is not just about a building's appearance, but how the building is experienced. 'Places of the Soul' presents buildings as environment, intrinsic to their surroundings, and offers design principles that will open the eyes of the architecture student and professional alike, presenting ideas quite different to the orthodoxy of modern architectural education. Christopher Day's experience as an architect, self-builder, professor and sculptor have all added to the development of his ideas that encompass issues of economic and social sustainability, commercial pressures and consensus design. This book presents these ideas and outlines universal principles that will be of interest and value to architects, builders, planners and developers alike.

Informazioni sull?autore

Christopher Day trained as an architect and a sculptor. He designs buildings in line with the ecological principles of his books. Day is considered to be one of the founders of the ecological movement in Britain and is even better known in the United States. He has an international lecturing circuit as a result of influential publications such as 'Places of the Soul', 'A Haven for Childhood',and 'Building with Heart'.