House As a Mirror of Self : Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home

About this book

This is a book about people and their homes. It is not about architecture or decorating styles or real estate but about the more subtle bonds of feeling we experience with dwellings past and present. By sharing 25 years of research and interviews with more than 60 individuals UC Berkeley Architecture Professor Clare Cooper Marcus reveals a groundbreaking theory of what our relationship to our home says about ourselves. House as a Mirror of Self clearly and powerfully illustrates that beginning in childhood as we change and grow throughout our lives our psychological development is punctuated not only by relationships with people but also by close affective ties with our physical environment.