{"product_id":"boredom-architecture-and-spatial-experience-9781350148130","title":"Boredom Architecture and Spatial Experience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if architectural creativity is not only grounded in knowledge and skill but equally in a state of mind, a mood? Improbable though the suggestion may be, this original and marvelously well-studied book shows that from the 19th century onward boredom became a force that focused concentration and compelled experimentation. * David Leatherbarrow, University of Pennsylvania, USA *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating exploration of boredom that builds on 19th-century literary narratives to understand its contemporary spatial manifestations. Parreno meanders through a multitude of boredoms, from the domestic to the monumentally bureaucratic, and from the modern generic to endlessly varied imagery—revealing unexpectedly reassuring aspects of boredom in the process. * Lara Schrijver, University of Antwerp, Belgium *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Preface Foreword by Iain Borden Acknowledgements   Introduction: Boredom as Architecture                      1. A Component of Modernity                   \u003cb\u003eDifferential Distances\u003c\/b\u003e 2. Fascination and Aversion  3. Søren Kierkegaard’s Babylonian Tower  4. Catherine Gore and Charles Dickens: Idle Restlessness\/Restless Idleness  5. Blunting and Jading 6. Coney Island, Misleading Structures    \u003cb\u003eCircular Trajectories\u003c\/b\u003e 7. A Unity of Disarray  8. Martin Heidegger’s Urge to Be at Home 9. Oran, the Capital of Boredom  10. International Style Confusions: Sigfried Giedion  11. Los Angeles, Flat Enough    \u003cb\u003eExtended Thresholds\u003c\/b\u003e 12. Potential Architectures 13. Andrew Benjamin’s Antithesis to Boredom 14. Boredom in \u003ci\u003eDomus\u003c\/i\u003e 15. Servitude and Liberalism: Russell Kirk  16. Charles Jencks, Rem Koolhaas, and the Generic 17. Jorge Silvetti and Sylvia Lavin: Unamused Muses and Lying Fallow   Epilogue: Architectures of Boredom    Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529218302295,"sku":"9781350148130","price":111.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350148130.jpg?v=1731874761","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/boredom-architecture-and-spatial-experience-9781350148130","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}