The Meaning of Home

Heathcote, Edwin

ISBN 10: 0711233772 / ISBN 13: 9780711233775

Published by Quarto Publishing Group UK, 2012

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Synopsis:

We are so familiar with the features of our homes – the rooms, fixtures and myriad little decorative details – that we have forgotten how to look at them. We might explore a church, read a book or watch a film, and attempt to decode its symbols and references, but we rarely look at our homes with the same critical eye. Yet from the most ordinary apartment to the most extravagant mansion, every home is a deep well of meaning.

From windows to wardrobes, fireplaces to door knockers, Edwin Heathcote attempts to fathom the elements of our everyday domestic lives. He explores how, over time, ancient ritual elements transmute into practical features, and how some of these, charged with latent symbolic meaning, have persisted in modern dwellings despite having lost their original uses. Home will never quite look the same again.

About the Author: Edwin Heathcote is the architecture correspondent for the Financial Times. He is the author of Contemporary Church Architecture, London Caffs and Furniture + Architecture of which Blueprint wrote €œOccasionally you come across a book that does everything it claims – and then some. This is one€�

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Meaning of Home
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group UK
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good