While we cannot return to a former age, Rasmussen notes, we can still design spaces that are beautiful and useful by seeking to understand architecture as an art form that must be experienced. Dwellings were built with a natural feeling for place, materials and use, resulting in a remarkably suitable comeliness. In the past, Rasmussen argues, architecture was not just an individual pursuit, but a community undertaking. Generously illustrated with historical examples of designing excellence-ranging from teacups, riding boots, and golf balls to the villas of Palladio and the fish-feeding pavilion of Beijing's Winter Palace-Rasmussen's accessible guide invites us to appreciate architecture not only as a profession, but as an art that shapes everyday experience.
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