A bedroom a kitchen a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all argues
Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological and cultural
significance. They play a decisive role in human flourishing and for hundreds of years their
walls and walkways windows and doorways have guided our relationships with others and with
ourselves. They reflect and reinforce social inequalities they allow us to celebrate and
cherish those we love. They are the places of return that allow us to venture out into the
world. In this intimate elegantly argued account Coccia shows how the architecture of home
has shaped and continues to shape our psyches and our societies before then masterfully
leading us towards a more creative ecological way of dwelling in the world.
