Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art [Paperback]

Christopher Day (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1855383055 | ISBN-13: 978-1855383050 | Publication Date: June 25, 1999

...one of the seminal architecture books of recent times. --Professor Tom Wooley, Architects Journal

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'One of the seminal architecture books of recent times' ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL 'This book offers a route out of the nightmare of so much callous modern construction. I was inspired' Colin Amery, FINANCIAL TIMES 'May his words be heard far and wide' LESLIE KENTON

Book Description

A seminal book in the field of sustainable architecture with over 30,000 copies of 1st Edition sold --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Thorsons (June 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855383055
• ISBN-13: 978-1855383050
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What an insightful, moving and inspiring book., August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art (Paperback)

Mr.Day's philosophies about architecture is inspiring. You go through each day being influenced by your surroundings, but never realizing how or why you sometimes feel as you do (good or bad). A good heathly location with a structure that evolves from the ground up, in harmony with it's surroundings, can only bring harmony and balance to your inner being. I can't imagine not being aware of these things before, but now that I have read Mr. Day's book I will never look at architecture design in the same way. The overall influence of the book is very powerful, as a matter of fact so powerful we have contact Mr. Day to design our new house in the Sonoran Desert.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful examination of spirit in design, August 2, 2000

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This review is from: Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art (Paperback)

PLACES OF THE SOUL is a very satisfying, powerful look at how the architectural environment makes an impact health, thought, and especially spirit. Mr. Day's writing is beautiful, drawing the reader through ideas of space, light, structure, environment, location and intention. Reading it was both inspiring and informative. An elegant book about an important subject.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buildings really do harm or heal us: Here's the how and why., October 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art (Paperback)

Chrisopher Day's "Places of the Soul" is an eye-opening examination
of why and how buildings impact our health, our productivity, our
moods, and even our spirits. Written both to architects and
non-architects, he speaks in plain English to bring many different
aspects of the built environment to our awareness.

Books like this tend to be pedantic, possessing a narrow aesthetic
(i.e. the author's). However, Day, while admitting his biases, is more
focused on how to enrich the world we live in now, whether with the
softening textures of sensitive landscaping or the appropriate use of
harder angles when the mood these conjure is necessary.

If you are thinking about building or remodeling, and/or want to
understand more about your built surroundings, this book is certain
to challenge your viewpoint, and leave you with a few ideas of your
own about how you can relate consciously, sensitively, and
responsibly to your present environment.