{"product_id":"architecture-and-movement-peter-blundell-jones-9780415725347","title":"Architecture and Movement: The Dynamic Experience of Buildings and Landscapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe experience of movement, of moving through buildings, cities, landscapes and in everyday life, is the only involvement most individuals have with the built environment on a daily basis. User experience is so often neglected in architectural study and practice. \u003ci\u003eArchitecture and Movement \u003c\/i\u003etackles this complex subject for the first time, providing the wide range of perspectives needed to tackle this multi-disciplinary topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganised in four parts it: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003edocuments the architect's, planner's, or designer's approach, looking at how they have sought to deploy buildings as a promenade and how they have thought or written about it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econcentrates on the individual's experience, and particularly on the primacy of walking, which engages other senses besides the visual\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eengages with society and social rituals, and how mutually we define the spaces through which we move, both by laying out routes and boundaries and by celebrating thresholds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eanalyses how we deal with promenades which are not experienced directly but via other mediums such as computer models, drawings, film and television\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wide selection of contributors include academics and practitioners and discuss cases from across the US, UK, Europe and Asia. By mingling such disparate voices in a carefully curated selection of chapters, the book enlarges the understanding of architects, architectural students, designers and planners, alerting them to the many and complex issues involved in the experience of movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Blundell Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415725348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415725347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015","brand":"Peter Blundell Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658874368255,"sku":"9780415725347","price":255.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architecture-and-movement-peter-blundell-jones-9780415725347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}