This book investigates how immersive environments, across architecture, art, and media, shape spatial perception, cultural identity, and the construction of reality. It offers a spatial-psychoanalytical reading of virtual reality (VR), examining how...Lasīt vairāk
Across eight cases studies of patrons spanning the 18th to the 21st century, this assesses the ways that Louis XIVs Palace of Versailles has continued to shape the aesthetics of cultural capital since his death. The book demonstrates how the extrav...Lasīt vairāk
A history of the Palace of Versailles as the paradigm of cultural capital in Western architecture, interior design, and material culture from the 17th century to the present....Lasīt vairāk
The artistic potential modern, urban housing (Neubau) offered to writers and directors in East Germany from the 1960s to 1980s remains underexplored. Neubau Atmospheres seeks to bridge that gap by providing an incisive analysis of East...Lasīt vairāk
According to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), in the 21st century, we are living in a New Age of Biology, acknowledging the rapid development of transformative findings in the life sciences. The Routledg...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores spiritual wellness as a foundational attribute to urban planning and design. Planning and design strategies are presented through case studies from around the globe that highlight the importance of spiritual wellness considerati...Lasīt vairāk
Imagine a world where buildings and cities actively nurture our well-being, not just physically, but spiritually. There is a growing awareness of the need for a more inclusive and comprehensive approach to wellness strategies in everyday life. This...Lasīt vairāk
Mind Museums offers a fresh perspective on the heritage of mental health, bringing museums into sharp focus. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from architecture, museum and exhibition design, and heritage and museum studies, it examin...Lasīt vairāk
Emotions and Architecture explores architecture as a medium to arouse or conceal emotions, to build consensus through shared values, or to reconnect the urban community to its alleged ancestry. Emotions and Architecture: F...Lasīt vairāk
Ever more technologies are being created to sense our environment, and much is being learned about how animals and plants sense theirs. We often think of these tools as extending our capacity for sensing what is not available through...Lasīt vairāk
Therapeutic architecture can be described as the people-centered, evidence-based discipline of the built environment, which aims to identify and support ways of incorporating those spatial elements that interact with people physiologically and psycho...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Feb-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9781621909316)
In Exploring Gender in Vernacular Architecture, Jessica Ellen Sewell considers the gender of those who create and shape spaces, how gender ideology contributes to and manifests itself in built form, and what research methods make the observation of...Lasīt vairāk