The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems
The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems
$47.95
Alexander, Christopher
Oxford University Press, 2012
Book ID: 93113
The purpose of all architecture, writes Christopher Alexander, is to encourage and support life-giving activity, dreams, and playfulness. But in recent decades, while our buildings are technically better--more sturdy, more waterproof, more energy efficient-- they have also became progressively more sterile, rarely providing the kind of environment in which people are emotionally nourished, genuinely happy, and deeply contented.
520pp., Cl., English
