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The Architecture of Happiness

(Vintage)

By Alain de Botton

(24)

| Paperback | 9780307277244

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The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.

One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the qContinue

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As always, De Botton writes with flair and elegance on his chosen topic. I was particularly looking forward to this book as I caught an episode of his television series "The Perfect Home", where he visited various locales and offered biting critique on their architecture. The book is quite different ... (continue)

As always, De Botton writes with flair and elegance on his chosen topic. I was particularly looking forward to this book as I caught an episode of his television series "The Perfect Home", where he visited various locales and offered biting critique on their architecture. The book is quite different, however, as he spends most of the time talking about the philosophy of architecture and reserves his critiques to the last chapter.

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