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From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life The Architecture of Happiness explores the fascinating hidden links between the buildings we live in and our long-term wellbeing...

Discover the key architectural concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings and structures. The Architecture Book goes beyond other architecture books to analyse not just buildings themselves, but the ideas and principles that make each of the featured structures key to the history and evolution of our built environment.

Jordan B. Peterson's Maps of Meaning is now available for the first time as an audio download! Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us about the mind, morality, and structure of the world itself?...

With this updated edition of his earlier book, A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own—a small, wooden hut, his “shelter for daydreams” — built with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, A Place of My Own not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world.

Theory of Architecture is a series of in-depth conversations with architects and academics about architecture and the theories and philosophies behind it.

‘I try to create links, to join the dots, to tell politics like a story, to make it real…’ Over a lifetime spent at the frontline of solidarity and resistance, Arundhati Roy’s words have lit a clear way through the darkness that surrounds us. Combining the skills of the architect she trained to be and the writer she became, she illuminates the hidden structures of modern empire like no one else, revealing their workings so that we can resist.

Brought to you by Penguin. Building requires power and resources – then, once created, our environment structures how we relate to each other. But what would a distinctly democratic built environment look like? Should we prioritize an inclusive process by which as many citizens as possible can...

King Charles III’s affection for architecture is wellknown, but the extent of his engagement has never been fully presented to the public. This is the first book to draw together the many threads, from the "carbuncle" speech, made at Hampton Court in 1984, until his accession to the throne. He has created model settlements such as Poundbury through the Duchy of Cornwall, Dumfries House in East Ayrshire has been made a beacon of social regeneration, and his educational initiatives have changed lives.

One of the great, but often unmentioned, causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kind of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets we’re surrounded by. And yet a concern for architecture and design is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be - and argues that it is architecture’s task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential.

Horror begins at home. From family homes in Amityville to Gothic mansions in Los Angeles and the Unabomber's cabin, houses often capture and contain the horror that has happened within them. Sick Houses crosses the threshold of these eerie spaces to explore how different types of architecture become vessels for terror and how these spaces, meant to shelter us, instead become the source of our deepest fears.

Brought to you by Penguin. A devastating, meticulous account of the history of Israel’s destruction of Gaza from an acclaimed architect and investigator Eyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict and the environment, both built and...

Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With its provocative proposal for "the construction of disability," this book fundamentally reconsiders how we conceive of and experience disability in our world.

Your passport is not a document of freedom. It is a leash with a government logo. The nation-state—that seventeenth-century invention built on territory, bureaucracy, and the implied threat of force—is creaking under the weight of a world it was never designed to manage. Tax codes nobody understands, border walls that solve nothing, surveillance dressed up as security, and a social contract you never actually signed. The question is no longer whether this system works. The question is: what comes next?

De podcast van Architectura, waarin interessante architecten aan het woord komen die stilstaan bij hun en andermans architectuur en hun visie verwoorden op boeiende maatschappelijke issues.

What if racial inequality is not an accident of history—but the predictable outcome of systems built over centuries? From colonial law to modern algorithms, inequality has not simply persisted. It has been structured, reinforced, and reproduced across generations. The Architecture of...

In Architecture of Segregation, the intricate interplay between architecture and societal divisions is meticulously explored, providing a comprehensive analysis of how built environments have shaped and reflected racial, ethnic, and social segregation throughout history. This groundbreaking work delves deep into the historical contexts of segregation, from the indigenous peoples of North America to the African diaspora through the Triangular Slave Trade, uncovering how architecture played a pivotal role in the subjugation of marginalized communities.

From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environment reflect and determine the way we think, connect, and live. We've been led to believe that purposefully designed spaces are something reserved only for...

Worldview through different lenses with humans and AI personas. Talking to the Machine is a cutting-edge AI podcast and talk show where a human host and an artificial intelligence co-hosts debate news, politics, technology, media bias, generative AI, machine learning, free speech, censorship, power structures, epistemology, and digital culture. Smart, skeptical, and provocative, this AI and society podcast challenges narratives, analyzes patterns, and questions certainty in an era of algorithms and misinformation. Confidence is provisional. Verification is mandatory.

Awakening Beyond, Volume 3: Frequency, Field, and the Architecture of Consciousness by Nick Shane is a grounded exploration of consciousness as a structured field phenomenon rather than a belief system or spiritual doctrine. This volume marks a clear evolution from earlier poetic and experiential works into direct observation pattern recognition and repeatable field mechanics. Drawing from years of lived experience and disciplined witnessing the author documents how emotion perception frequency and environment interact to shape human reality.

IDENTITY: Who Am I? is a profound exploration of the most important question every human must answer—before life answers it for them. In a world where identity is shaped by culture, expectations, and experiences, many people live disconnected from their true essence. The result is confusion, misalignment, and unfulfilled potential. In this transformative audiobook, Dr. Joke Solanke unpacks identity as the foundation of fulfillment, leadership, and destiny. She reveals how identity is not merely personal—it is generational.