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Humanize : a maker's guide to designing our cities / Thomas Heatherwick.

by Heatherwick, Thomas.

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Scribner, 2023.

Architecture and society.

City planning -- Social aspects.

City planning -- Psychological aspects.

9781668034439 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Humanise : a maker's guide to building our world

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

495 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Original title: Humanise : a maker's guide to building our world.

Includes bibliographical references.

Human and inhuman places. Human places -- The hundred-year catastrophe -- The anatomy of a catastrophe -- How the cult of boring took over the world. What is an architect? -- Meet the god of boring -- How to (accidentally) start a cult -- Why does everywhere look like profit? -- How to rehumanize the world. Changing how we think -- Elephants in the room -- Changing what we do -- (Likely to be) frequently asked questions -- Letter to the passer-by.

"From one of the world's most innovative designers comes a fiercely passionate manifesto on why so many places have become miserable and boring and how we can make them better for everyone--featuring hundreds of photographs and illustrations that will change how you see the world around you. We are living through a global catastrophe. Buildings affect how we feel, moment by moment, day by day. They have the power to lift us up and make us feel awestruck, playful, safe, and inspired, just as they can make us feel alienated and sad. But many of the places where we live, work, learn, and heal have become monotonous and disposable. We're surrounded by cheap, boring buildings that make people stressed, sick, and unhappy. In short, much of our world has been crafted in a way that is hostile to human experience. Now, drawing on his experience of the last thirty years in making bold, beautiful objects and buildings, Thomas Heatherwick offers both an informed critique of the inhumanity in most of today's contemporary building design, and a rousing call for action."--Publisher.

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