How Long to Read Building Paradise

How Long Does it Take to Read Building Paradise?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Building Paradise by Harry Francis Mallgrave

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A sweeping historical study, Building Paradise seeks to construct a garden ethic for the design arts. It is an ethic predicated on the idea that, with our recent ecological and biological insights, we can build more intelligently than the status quo of current design practices. The paradisiacal instinct is the motivation behind every artistic impulse. From its theological origins to the present, the idea of paradise—the garden as a place of peace, beauty, and happiness—has acquired numerous meanings. It was a motif expounded in the earliest cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley, and it later became a dominant feature of Buddhist, Judeo-Christian, and Islamic practices. It informed Greco-Roman mythologies and the design of a Japanese garden; it was a motivation for the Renaissance humanists, and was complicit in visions of a New Arcadia within the landscapes of the Americas. This book, underscoring how the built and urban environments shapes culture, takes a biophilic approach and draws upon the major advances of the human sciences of the last few decades to argue on behalf of a design ethic centered squarely on human needs and aspirations. Written for students and academics within architecture and all related fields, this book focuses on the efforts to build paradise in a material way.

How long is Building Paradise?

Building Paradise by Harry Francis Mallgrave is 381 pages long, and a total of 95,631 words.

This makes it 129% the length of the average book. It also has 117% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Building Paradise Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 42 minutes to read Building Paradise aloud.

What Reading Level is Building Paradise?

Building Paradise is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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