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- catalog abstract ""Why do some buildings make us feel happy or excited or tranquil? What is it in architecture that elicits pleasure? Grant Hildebrand asks these general questions in Origins of Architectural Pleasure, as well as more specific ones. To answer them, the author examines buildings and groups of buildingsfrom five continents and five millennia - that have retained their remarkable appeal or excitement. The book explores the reasons for such responses to the physical environment and relates some of our pleasure in architecture to elements in nature essential to survival, from the self-evident need for shelter to the aesthetic satisfaction of discovering order in complexly organized surroundings - or complexity in apparent order."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11101467.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Why do some buildings make us feel happy or excited or tranquil? What is it in architecture that elicits pleasure? Grant Hildebrand asks these general questions in Origins of Architectural Pleasure, as well as more specific ones. To answer them, the author examines buildings and groups of buildingsfrom five continents and five millennia - that have retained their remarkable appeal or excitement. The book explores the reasons for such responses to the physical environment and relates some of our pleasure in architecture to elements in nature essential to survival, from the self-evident need for shelter to the aesthetic satisfaction of discovering order in complexly organized surroundings - or complexity in apparent order."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.".
- catalog description "The aesthetics of survival -- Finding a good home -- Exploring -- Categorizing and differentiating -- Some closing comments.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 174 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520215052 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "720/.1/9 21".
- catalog subject "Architecture Aesthetics.".
- catalog subject "Architecture Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "NA2500 .H54 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "The aesthetics of survival -- Finding a good home -- Exploring -- Categorizing and differentiating -- Some closing comments.".
- catalog title "Origins of architectural pleasure / Grant Hildebrand.".
- catalog type "text".