Touching Architecture by Anthony Brand PAPERBACK 9781032049007

Name: Touching Architecture by Anthony Brand PAPERBACK 9781032049007
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is about perception, emotion, and affect in architecture: how and why we feel the way that we do and the ways in which our surroundings ?and bodies contribute to this. \nOur experience of architecture is an embodied one, with all our senses acting in concert as we move through time and space. The book picks up where much of the critique of architectural aestheticism at the end of the twentieth century left off: illustrating the limitations and potential consequences of attending to architecture as the visually biased practice which has steadily become the status quo within both industry and education. It draws upon interdisciplinary research to elucidate the reasons why this is counter-productive to the creation of meaningful places and ?to articulate the embodied richness of our\n\nTouching Architecture\nAffective Atmospheres and Embodied Encounters\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\;