Why We Build

by Rowan Moore

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Author(s)

Rowan Moore

Publication

London : Picador, 2012

Scope

422 Pages, illustrated, 20 cm.

ISBN

9780330535571

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In 'Why We Build' Rowan Moore shows how buildings are driven by human emotions and desires – such as hope, power, money, sex, and the idea of home – and how buildings then shape our experiences. He explores the making of buildings from conception to inhabitation, and reveals the paradoxical power of architecture: it looks fixed and solid, but is always changing, in response to the lives around it. Moore takes us on a personal journey, moving freely across the globe and through history,

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Keywords

architecture theory

Location

Cabinet 15 - 5: Architectuur en Kunst

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and index.