House and Home - Cultural Contexts, Ontological Roles

€ 29,95
This book presents how the search for home in an unpredictable world led people to create myths about the origins of architecture, houses for their gods, and house tombs for eternal life. Turning to more recent topics, it discusses how writers often used simple huts as a means to address the essentials of existence; modernist architects envisioned the capacity of house and home to improve society
Author Thomas Barrie
Language English
Published 2016
Binding PBK
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