{"product_id":"toward-an-architecture-of-enjoyment","title":"Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment","description":"\u003cp\u003eToward an Architecture of Enjoyment is the first publication in any language of the only book devoted to architecture by Henri Lefebvre. Written in 1973 but only recently discovered in a private archive  this work extends Lefebvres influential theory of urban space to the question of architecture. Taking the practices and perspective of habitation as his starting place  Lefebvre redefines architecture as a mode of imagination rather than a specialized process or a collection of monuments. He calls for an architecture of jouissanceof pleasure or enjoymentcentered on the body and its rhythms and based on the possibilities of the senses. Examining architectural examples from the Renaissance to the postwar period  Lefebvre investigates the bodily pleasures of moving in and around buildings and monuments  urban spaces  and gardens and landscapes. He argues that areas dedicated to enjoyment  sensuality  and desire are important sites for a society passing beyond industrial modernization. Lefebvres theories on space and urbanization fundamentally reshaped the way we understand cities. Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment promises a similar impact on how we think about  and live within  architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949664038965,"sku":"ByrdShop_0816677204","price":60.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780816677207_aee6b46e-a219-4f9a-accc-b85ffa6b9f90.jpg?v=1770655023","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/toward-an-architecture-of-enjoyment","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}