{"product_id":"places-of-the-soul-architecture-and-environmental-design-as-a-healing-art-paperback","title":"Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Day\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Christopher Day, architecture isn't just about the appearance of buildings but how they're experienced as places to \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e in. Occupants' experience can differ radically from designers' intentions as their concerns and thinking differ. Additionally, multi-sensory ambience, spatial sequential experience and embodied spirit resonate in the human soul. Sustainable design means much more than energy-efficiency: if sustainable buildings don't also nourish the soul, occupant-building interaction will lack care and eco-technologies won't be used efficiently. This major revision of his classic text builds on more than forty years of experience ecological design across a range of climates, cultures and budgets, and 25 years hands-on building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTreating buildings as environments intrinsic to their surroundings, the book explores consensus design, economic and social sustainability, and how a listening approach can grow architectural ideas organically from the interacting, sometimes conflicting, requirements of place, people and situation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third edition, comprehensively revised to incorporate new knowledge and address new issues, continues Day's departure from orthodox contemporary architecture, offering eye-opening insights and practical design applications. These principles and guidelines will be of interest and value to architects, builders, planners, developers and homeowners alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReviews of the first edition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... one of the seminal architecture books of recent times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Tom Wooley, Architects Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 'bible' of many architects and those interested in architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentre for Alternative Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... an inspiration to all those who care about the influence of the environment on Man's health and well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarrie May, The Scientific and Medical Network\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last an architect has written a sensitive and caring book on the effects of buildings on all our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gentle book offers a route out of the nightmare of so much callous modern construction. I was inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Amery, The Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Day\u003c\/strong\u003e is an eco-architect, self-builder and sculptor. He designs buildings in line with the ecological principles of his books and has won several awards, including a Prince of Wales award. A former visiting professor at Queen's University, Belfast, he has also designed, consulted, taught and lectured in over twenty countries across the world, from California to Siberia, Sweden to New Zealand. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457082245373,"sku":"9780415702430","price":86.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Y21LQmk2ajFvZXgrWm9VMnBqeUxWUT09.webp?v=1777234138","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/places-of-the-soul-architecture-and-environmental-design-as-a-healing-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}