Places of the Soul

<p>For Christopher Day architecture isn’t just about the appearance of buildings but how they’re experienced as places to <i>be</i> 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.</p><p>Treating 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. </p><p>This 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. </p><p>Reviews of the first edition </p><p>... one of the seminal architecture books of recent times</p><p>Professor Tom Wooley Architects Journal</p><p>The 'bible' of many architects and those interested in architecture.</p><p>Centre for Alternative Technology</p><p>... an inspiration to all those who care about the influence of the environment on Man’s health and well-being.</p><p>Barrie May The Scientific and Medical Network</p><p>At last an architect has written a sensitive and caring book on the effects of buildings on all our lives.</p><p>Here’s Health</p><p>This gentle book offers a route out of the nightmare of so much callous modern construction. I was inspired.</p><p>Colin Amery The Financial Times</p>