Our World in Ten Buildings: How Architecture Defines Who We Are and How We Live
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Book Overview From "tomorrow's greatest designer" (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environmen...
We've been led to believe that purposefully designed spaces are something reserved only for those that can afford them. But in reality, all the spaces we inhabit--to work, to learn, to heal, and to live--have been planned and built to influence our lives. They sway our emotions, nudge our behaviors, protect us from disease, and do more, or less, to support shared prosperity and our sense of the common good.
Our World in Ten Buildings unpacks this hidden but ever more important element of our lived experience. As author and architectural designer Michael Murphy takes us through ten milestone projects in his career he lays bare the physical, political, and intellectual labor at work shaping the world we live in.
With rare insight, access, and passion, Murphy braids the history of architecture with his own iconic projects to show the power of urban design and how it revolutionizes our homes, minds, workplaces, safety, and health care. Profound, and accessible, Our World in Ten Buildings will change the way you look at and think about your surroundings.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER | ISBN: 1668056550
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