House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home - Softcover

Marcus, Clare Cooper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892541245 ISBN 13: 9780892541249

Publisher: Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S., 2007

Synopsis

HOUSE AS A MIRROR OF SELF is an unprecedented examination of our relationship to where we live interwoven with compelling personal stories of the search for a place for the soul. It is not architecture or decorating styles or real estate but about the more subtle bonds of feelings we experience with dwellings past and present. At the base of the book is a very simple yet frequently overlooked premise: notably that as we change and grow throughout our lives our psychological development is punctuated not only by meaningful emotional relationships with people but also by close affective ties with a number of significant physical environments beginning in childhood. She explores how the self-image is reflected in our homes; power struggles in making a home together with a partner; territory control and privacy at home; self-image and location; disruptions in the bonding with the home; and beyond the house ego to the call of the soul. As our culture becomes swept up in home improvement to the extent of having a TV network dedicated to it this book is essential for understanding why the surroundings that we call home make us feel the way we do. With this information we can embark on home improvement that truly makes room for our soul.

About this title

About the Author

As consultant and freelance writer in the field of people-environment relations and environmental psychology, retired University of California at Berkeley Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Clare Cooper Marcus has written several books on architecture and community. Professor Marcus has consulted for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington DC, San Francisco City Planning Deptartment, New Zealand Department of Public Works, the Canadian Housing Design Council, as well as private architecture and engineering firms.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892541245
• ISBN 13: 9780892541249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320