HOME A Short History of the Idea by Rybczynski, Witold - 1986

NY: Viking. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670811475; Top & bottom of the spine are faded, otherwise binding is clean, sound, and unworn. Name on ffep. Contents are almost as new. DJ's spine is faded, but the lettering is clear. Top of DJ's spine is worn, torn, taped and top edges are a litle curled. Else very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; Third Printing of the First Edition, September, 1986. 8-3/4" Tall, XII + 256pp. Ligjht brownish-red boards, maroon cloth spine, bright copper spine lettering. HOUSEHOLD. "When Rybczynski realized that in all his years of architectural training the word 'comfort' had been mentioned only once, he began to cast about for a definition of that elusive term. It was a curious omission from an otherwise rigorous curriclum; one would have thought that comfort was a crucial issue in preparing for the architectural profession. This book is an attempt to discover the meaning of comfort. I had found that the architectural ideals that I had been taught in school frequently disregarded - if they did not altogether contradict - my clients' conventional notion of comfort. It was only when my wife and I built our own home that I discovered at first hand the fundamental povety of modern architectural ideas. I also began to suspect that women understand more about domestic comfot than do men. This is not a book about interior decoration. It is about the idea of the home. " ... Index. Ten b/w illustrations, each introducing a chapter. .