03504nam 2200637Ia 450 991081444250332120240418003832.01-282-35348-997866123534820-300-15577-810.12987/9780300155778(CKB)2430000000010767(StDuBDS)AH23050076(SSID)ssj0000313261(PQKBManifestationID)11240413(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313261(PQKBWorkID)10358161(PQKB)11324606(MiAaPQ)EBC3420610(DE-B1597)484982(OCoLC)587630788(DE-B1597)9780300155778(Au-PeEL)EBL3420610(CaPaEBR)ebr10348507(CaONFJC)MIL235348(OCoLC)923595030(EXLCZ)99243000000001076720090313d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWhy architecture matters /Paul Goldberger1st ed.New Haven Yale University Press20091 online resource (288 p.)Why X Matters SeriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-14430-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- One. Meaning, Culture, and Symbol -- Two. Challenge and Comfort -- Three. Architecture as Object -- Four. Architecture as Space -- Five. Architecture and Memory -- Six. Buildings and Time -- Seven. Buildings and the Making of Place -- Glossary -- A Note on Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- IndexWhy Architecture Matters is not a work of architectural history or a guide to the styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. The purpose of Why Architecture Matters is to "come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually"-with its impact on our lives. "Architecture begins to matter," writes Paul Goldberger, "when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads." He shows us how that works in examples ranging from a small Cape Cod cottage to the "vast, flowing" Prairie houses of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the Lincoln Memorial to the highly sculptural Guggenheim Bilbao and the Church of Sant'Ivo in Rome, where "simple geometries . . . create a work of architecture that embraces the deepest complexities of human imagination."Based on decades of looking at buildings and thinking about how we experience them, the distinguished critic raises our awareness of fundamental things like proportion, scale, space, texture, materials, shapes, light, and memory. Upon completing this remarkable architectural journey, readers will enjoy a wonderfully rewarding new way of seeing and experiencing every aspect of the built world.ArchitecturePsychological aspectsArchitecture and societyArchitecturePsychological aspects.Architecture and society.720.1/03Goldberger Paul10977MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814442503321Why architecture matters4073323UNINA