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Alain de Botton on The Aesthetics of Architecture
Jun 27, 2007
14:20
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
Is Good Architecture a Moral Force?
02:10 • 2min
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3
The Flat Roof of Modernism
04:32 • 3min
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4
Is Beauty the Key Concept in Architecture?
07:08 • 3min
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5
Is There a Real Debate About Beauty?
09:59 • 4min
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How important is beauty in architecture? Is a concern with beauty mere asetheticism? Alain de Botton, author of The Architecture of Happiness, discusses the nature and value of architectural beauty in this episode of Philosophy Bites.