Dwelling in possibility
Subtitle: searching for the soul of shelter
By: Howard Mansfield
Edition: First [edition].
Publisher: Bauhan Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780872331679
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Psychological aspects
Description: "The mystery that attracts Howard Mansfield{u2019}s attention is that some houses have life{u2014}are home, are dwellings, and others aren{u2019}t. Dwelling, he says, is an old-fashioned word that we{u2019}ve misplaced. When we live heart and soul, we dwell. When we belong to a place, we dwell. Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwelling{u2014}the soul of buildings{u2014}haunts most of our houses and our landscape. Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that make some houses a home, and some public places welcoming." -- from publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : house hunting; title: Dwelling in the ordinary; title: Pages from an ice storm journal; title: The age of clutter; title: Finding heaven in the most hated house on the block; title: The perilous career of a footpath; title: Dwelling in destruction; title: The hut on fire; title: Keep the home fires burning; title: The storm after the storm; title: Dwelling in possibility; title: Counting houses; title: Sheds; title: The beginner's book of dwelling.