archi happy

Great book once lent to me by a lovely friend & fellow teak lover. (oh hai jié-sann!)

Although the title is slightly misleading, in the sense that this is a book on architecture (not on the road/process to finding happiness ;) - it's a very interesting read (with great accompanying drawings & images ) giving the reader a good sense of architecture throughout history as well as showing how (feng shui anyone?) your environment, & "beauty" as a whole, basically affects your life in one way or another on a daily basis. All the while analyzing 'why' we choose (and sometimes can't choose) the spaces we live in.

Need to get my own copy... as friend in question moved before i could finish. Will also pick up some of Alain De Botton's other titles, like 'The Art of Travel' - hellz yes - and 'How Proust can change your life' (!) - intriguing title.

http://www.alaindebotton.com/