House As a Mirror of Self : Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home - Softcover

Marcus, Clare Cooper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573240761 ISBN 13: 9781573240765

Publisher: Conari Pr, 1997

Synopsis

The development of the idea of the home delves into issues such as privacy, domesticity, efficiency, and analyzes the social and cultural factors that shaped them

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Review:

This is a refreshing, unique, and fascinating look at how we feel about our homes, how we shape them to suit ourselves, why some homes make is feel safe and secure and at ease, and others make us paranoid and uncomfortable. This book, in my opinion, should be legally required reading for every architect, interior designer, and real estate agent. For the rest of us, it is a surprisingly interesting look at the meaning of home. Clare Cooper Marcus's extensive and detailed interviews with people living in all kinds of homes, from illegal shacks to mansions, provide eye-opening insights into what "home" is, and how to create the feeling of home for you. It's about time someone finally wrote this book!

About the Author:

Retired U.C. Berkeley Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Clare Cooper Marcus has written several other books on architecture and community, including Housing as If People Mattered and People Places. She lives in Berkeley, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Conari Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1573240761
• ISBN 13: 9781573240765
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368