Dwelling, Seeing, and Designing

David Seamon

ISBN 10: 0791412784 / ISBN 13: 9780791412787

Published by State University of New York Press, US, 1993

About this Item

Contributors include architects, philosophers, landscape architects, and geographers, who focus on the question of how people might see and understand the natural and built environments in a deeper, more perceptive way. What is a sense of place and how can it be supported by architecture, policy, and education? Why are places important to people, and can designers and policy-makers create better places? Is there a way to see and understand what might help to make buildings, landscapes, and places that are beautiful, alive, and humane? What role do the geographical and architectural environments play in human life?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dwelling, Seeing, and Designing
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, US
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791412784
• ISBN 13: 9780791412787
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 508 grams

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Synopsis

Contributors include architects, philosophers, landscape architects, and geographers, who focus on the question of how people might see and understand the natural and built environments in a deeper, more perceptive way. What is a sense of place and how can it be supported by architecture, policy, and education? Why are places important to people, and can designers and policy-makers create better places? Is there a way to see and understand what might help to make buildings, landscapes, and places that are beautiful, alive, and humane? What role do the geographical and architectural environments play in human life?

About the Author

David Seamon is Associate Professor of Architecture at Kansas State University. He is the author of A Geography of the Lifeworld, and Dwelling, Place, and Environment: Towards a Phenomenology of Person and World.