This book links where people live with their health. The author reviews how housing has influenced health throughout the past hundred and fifty years; discusses in detail current issues concerning housing and health and describes attempts at housing particular groups whose health is at risk.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A magisterial discussion of the philosophy of architecture; but little (for the money) on the Plastic Number 1.324718By Emil HenningI confess not to have read every word yet. I ordered it hoping for detailed information about the "Padovan sequence" or "Plastic Number" 1.324718...; which I discovered myself decades ago in college and have tried to use in architecture and graphic design. Most of what Padovan says about it here is metaphysical rather than architectural or mathematical; and since the metaphysical aspect he poses strikes me initially as questionable; I feel somewhat let down. Along the way he does have wide-ranging discussions (a little in the spirit of Christian Norberg-Schulz) of Neoplatonism; the Baroque in architecture; Kant; and Le Corbusiers Modulor; which he ultimately does not find a satisfying solution to the problem of proportion---which he transforms into a problem of providing in design and life a perceptible progression of "types and orders of size" rather than linear or two-dimensional relationships like the Golden Section. I do plan to spend more time with the book; and perhaps will come to benefit from its philosophical erudition; but for anyone wanting to know more of a practical nature about the presumed headliner---proportions based on "his" Plastic Number 1.324718---theres little meat to chew on for the high cost of the book; as pleasing as it is to hold in your hand and peruse.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. historical connections between architecture; philosophy and geometryBy sscarlettUnlike any other books I have found on the subject of architectural proportion and composition. I thought this book was extremely interesting in the review of historical periods and their connections between architecture; philosophy and geometry. He touches on all of the major Western philosophers. There is both abstract conceptual thinking and specific architectural methods one could apply immediately. Highly recommend this book!2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Just what He Asked For !By E. HoldenMy grandson was very pleased to receive this book for his birthday. He is a young architect and said this book was just what he needed for the development of his work. My grandson; John; has just written me that this book has introduced him to an architect he had not known before; and it is proving to be a good text to ground him in the history of aesthetic thinking as it pertains to proportion. Of course I am delighted to hear this! I bought this book at .