The Architect's Brain

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Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture

By Harry Francis Mallgrave

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The Architect's Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture investigates the intersection between neuroscience and architectural thought. It traces 500 years of architectural theory as a reflection of evolving philosophical, psychological, and physiological ideas. Drawing on recent advances in neuroscience, the book reveals the neurological foundations behind timeless architectural concepts, including the multisensory experience of space and the role of ambiguity and metaphor in creativity.
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Ideal for readers interested in architectural theory, cognitive science, and the neuroscientific underpinnings of creativity in design.

This richly detailed study explores the issue of how architects view the phenomenal world. Mallgrave sketches various moments of architectural thought as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory. He later repositions this question from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience.

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The Architect's Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture is the first book to consider the relationship between the neurosciences and architecture, offering a compelling and provocative study in the field of architectural theory.

It explores various moments of architectural thought over the last 500 years as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory.

The book looks at architectural thought through the lens of the remarkable insights of contemporary neuroscience, particularly as they have advanced within the last decade.

It demonstrates the neurological justification for some very timeless architectural ideas, from the multisensory nature of the architectural experience to the essential relationship of ambiguity and metaphor to creative thinking.

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Architectural Review recognises this work as a valuable contribution to the expanding dialogue on architecture and neuroscience, particularly alongside the author’s previous related publications.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470658253

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 April 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 284

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About the Author

Harry Francis Mallgrave is a professor of architectureat Illinois Institute of Technology, and has enjoyed adistinguished career as an award-winning scholar, translator, andarchitect. His most recent publications include ModernArchitectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673-1968, and thetwo-volume Architectural Theory: An Anthology from Vitruvius to2005 (Wiley-Blackwell 2008). His forthcoming Introduction to Architectual Theory will be published byWiley-Blackwell in 2010.