How to Enjoy Architecture

A Guide for Everyone

Charles Holland

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English

Yale University
07 June 2024

Architecture; Architectural structure & design; History of architecture; Teaching of a specific subject

Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture

Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of habit. Our reactions towards the buildings that surround us are often culturally generated, and we experience them in ways that are immediate but often mundane. How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone encourages us to move beyond this and, instead, really look at buildings.

Renowned architect Charles Holland talks about the buildings and architects that excite and inspire him, and the ideas and principles through which we can engage with architecture. By breaking buildings down into categories such as materials, structure, space, and use, Holland guides us through drastically different styles and building types—from the satisfying symmetry of a Queen Anne house to the thrill of a high-tech tower, or the social ideals that lie behind a housing estate. In doing so, he demonstrates how looking at, experiencing, and using architecture can bring joy in itself.

By: Charles Holland
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9780300263930
ISBN 10: 0300263937
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 07 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Holland is an architect, writer, and teacher. He is the principal of Charles Holland Architects, a design and research practice based in the UK. Prior to forming CHA, Charles was a director of FAT (Fashion Architecture and Taste), where he led a number of the practice’s key projects including A House for Essex, a collaboration with the artist Grayson Perry.

Reviews for How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone

“It is easy to take architecture for granted. In this book Holland runs through a series of interesting buildings, architects and movements in an accessible manner, seeking to make us look at our surroundings with fresh and curious eyes” —‘Off The Shelf’ section of Apollo Magazine