 | In Search of Elegance: Towards an Architecture of Satisfaction Subjects: Architecture -- Aesthetics; Palais-Royal (Paris France); Architecture -- Quebec (Province) -- Outremont; Working class -- Dwellings -- France -- Paris; What is architecture? How is it made? How is it judged? These fundamental questions have intrigued architects for centuries. While the questions are philosophical, the answers have important ramifications for architectural practice. In Search of Elegance provides answers to these complex questions and, in so doing, develops a new theory for the practice of architecture and urban design. |
