The Architecture of Happiness

Name: The Architecture of Happiness
Author: Alain de Botton

by Alain de Botton

Analysis of how architecture and design influence happiness and wellbeing

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Alain de Botton

Swiss-British essayist and popularizer of philosophy whose The Consolations of Philosophy applied the ancient Stoics, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche to modern anxieties. How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Architecture of Happiness examine how art, literature, and buildings shape human happiness.

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