The Architecture of Happiness  -  Alain de Botton

The Secret Art of Furnishing Your Life

KORTE INHOUD

Bestselling author Alain de Botton has written about love, travel, status and how philosophy can console us. Now he turns his attention to one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and their furnishings.

He asks:
°What makes a house truly beautiful?
°Why are many new houses so ugly?
°Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved?
°Will minimalism make us happier than ornaments?

To answer these questions and many ...
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2007 Uitgever: Penguin 280 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0141015004 ISBN-13: 9780141015002