Classical architecture is a visual "language" and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically contradict them. Sir Christopher Wren described them as the "Latin" of arch...(展开全部)

‘An easy introduction to both the grammar and the superstructure of classical orders’ – The Guardian Sir John Summerson's account of classical architecture has every right to be called a classic itself. With the help of diagrams, glossary and a wealth of photographs, the reader is taken easily from the great originals of Greece and Rome through the recapitulations and innovatio...(展开全部)

For many of us, classical music is something serious-something we study in school, something played by cultivated musicians at fancy gatherings. In Language of the Spirit, renowned music scholar Jan Swafford argues that we have it all wrong: classical music has something for everyone and is accessible to all. Ranging from Gregorian chant to Handel's Messiah, from Vivaldi's The ...(展开全部)

安德莉雅‧希米奇 Andrea Simitch 教師暨建築師。康乃爾大學建築學士課程主任，具終生教職的副教授，並擔任康乃爾大學建築、藝術與規劃學院副院長，及學士研究主任。教授課程包括：建築設計、建築再現和家具設計，她與學生的作品持續在紐約國際當代家具博覽會中展出。曾代表康乃爾大學在許多國際研討會上授課，包括歐洲、中美洲和南美洲。 早年於巴黎建築專業學校攻讀建築，1979年畢業於康乃爾大學建築系，1983年起於康乃爾任教，是該校建築系第一位得到終身職榮譽的女性建築師。長年擔任紐約州議會藝術小組成員，並執教於多所大學的客座教授，包括：多倫多大學、倫斯勒理工學院、東海大學和明尼蘇達大學。 為「希米奇 + 渥克」建築事務所（Simitch + Warke Architects）的負責人之一，案件類型包括住宅、商業和純理論性空間設計。她的拼貼作品收入錄於阿瓦洛...(展开全部)

Digital tools have launched architecture into a dizzying new era, one in which wood, stone, metal, glass, and other traditional materials are augmented by pixels and code. In this ambitious exploration, an eminent thinker examines what, exactly, the building blocks of architecture have meant over the centuries and how technology may—or may not—be changing how we think about the...(展开全部)

"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."--Charles C. Gillespie, "New York Times Book Review"

From Publishers Weekly With this entertaining and stimulating book, de Botton (How Proust Can Change Your Life) examines the ways architecture speaks to us, evoking associations that, if we are alive to them, can put us in touch with our true selves and influence how we conduct our lives. Because of this, he contends, it's the architect's task to design buildings that contribut...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly With this entertaining and stimulating book, de Botton (How Proust Can Change Your Life) examines the ways architecture speaks to us, evoking associations that, if we are alive to them, can put us in touch with our true selves and influence how we conduct our lives. Because of this, he contends, it's the architect's task to design buildings that contribut...(展开全部)

Bestselling author, Alain de Botton has written about love, travel, status and how philosophy can console us. Now, he turns his attention to one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and their furnishings. He asks: What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can diff...(展开全部)