{"product_id":"places-of-the-soul-christopher-day-9781138131392","title":"Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Christopher Day, architecture isn't just about the appearance of buildings but how they're experienced as places to \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e in. Occupants' experience can differ radically from designers' intentions as their concerns and thinking differ. Additionally, multi-sensory ambience, spatial sequential experience and embodied spirit resonate in the human soul. Sustainable design means much more than energy-efficiency: if sustainable buildings don't also nourish the soul, occupant-building interaction will lack care and eco-technologies won't be used efficiently. This major revision of his classic text builds on more than forty years of experience ecological design across a range of climates, cultures and budgets, and 25 years hands-on building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTreating buildings as environments intrinsic to their surroundings, the book explores consensus design, economic and social sustainability, and how a listening approach can grow architectural ideas organically from the interacting, sometimes conflicting, requirements of place, people and situation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third edition, comprehensively revised to incorporate new knowledge and address new issues, continues Day's departure from orthodox contemporary architecture, offering eye-opening insights and practical design applications. These principles and guidelines will be of interest and value to architects, builders, planners, developers and homeowners alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReviews of the first edition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... one of the seminal architecture books of recent times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Tom Wooley, Architects Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 'bible' of many architects and those interested in architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentre for Alternative Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... an inspiration to all those who care about the influence of the environment on Man's health and well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarrie May, The Scientific and Medical Network\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last an architect has written a sensitive and caring book on the effects of buildings on all our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gentle book offers a route out of the nightmare of so much callous modern construction. I was inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Amery, The Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138131393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138131392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Christopher Day","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621969801471,"sku":"9781138131392","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/places-of-the-soul-christopher-day-9781138131392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}