You'll see how social and cultural changes influenced styles of decoration and furnishing, learn the connection between wall-hung religious tapestries and wall-to-wall carpeting, discover how some of our most welcome luxuries were born of architectural necessity, and much more. Most of all, Home opens a rare window into our private lives--and how we really want to live.
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@anotherglassbox somewhat agree (but who is getting mad?); i recently read home by witold rybczynski (mcgill guy weirdly enough) and everything was rather illuminating; now all i wanna do is psychoanalytically deconstruct frank lloyd wright house tours on youtube
"Rybczynski's style is as loose and, yes, as comfortable as a down-filled comforter."
--The Christian Science Monitor
"Sensible and stylish"
--Newsweek
"It's a bracing, irreverent, worldly wise book."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Home is serious, historically minded, and exquisitely readable. It is a triumph of intelligence."
--The New Yorker