Военная история / Origins of Architectural Pleasure

Название: Origins of Architectural Pleasure
Автор: Grant Hildebrand
Издательство: University of California Press
Год: 1999
Страниц: 174
Язык: English
Формат: PDF OCR
Размер: 13 MB

Speculating that nature has "designed" us to prefer certain conditions and experiences, Hildebrand is interested in how the characteristics of our most satisfying built environments mesh with Darwinian selection. In examining the appeal of such survival-based characteristics he cites architectural examples spanning five continents and five millennia. Among those included are the Palace of Minos, the Alhambra, Wells cathedral, the Shinto shrine at Ise, the Piazza San Marco, Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, a Seattle condominium, and recent houses by Eric Owen Moss and Arne Bystrom.