Architect's Brain

von Mallgrave

284 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 theory - Looks at architectural thought through the lens of the remarkable insights of contemporary neuroscience, particularly as they have advanced within the last decade - Demonstrates 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

• ISBN: 9780470658253
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.04.2011
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons