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The Joy of Architecture: Evoking Emotions Through Building
Author(s) -
Shearcroft Geoff
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2660
Subject(s) - architecture , postmodernism , aesthetics , sociology , architectural engineering , engineering , psychology , visual arts , art , literature
Geoff Shearcroft – architect, architectural tutor, and director of London‐based AOC Architecture – opines that joy is crucial in architecture and that this joy is not about adherence to styles or prescribed spatial protocols, but emotional engagement. Joy propagated Postmodernism in the 1970s and 1980s, and so today, in another economically unstable time, it is re‐emerging, albeit differently.