The Architect's Brain - Neuroscience, Creativity and Architecture (Hardcover, New)

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

General

Imprint:	Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2010
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	H.F. Mallgrave
Dimensions:	246 x 163 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4051-9585-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Theory of architecture
LSN:	1-4051-9585-1
Barcode:	9781405195850

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