The Architect's Brain : Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture Paperback / softback
by Harry Francis (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA) Mallgrave
Paperback / softback
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The Architect's Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture is the first book to consider the relationship between the neurosciences and architecture, offering a compelling and provocative study in the field of architectural theory. Explores various moments of architectural thought over the last 500 years as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theoryLooks at architectural thought through the lens of the remarkable insights of contemporary neuroscience, particularly as they have advanced within the last decadeDemonstrates the neurological justification for some very timeless architectural ideas, from the multisensory nature of the architectural experience to the essential relationship of ambiguity and metaphor to creative thinking
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:284 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/04/2011
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- ISBN:9780470658253
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:284 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/04/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780470658253