![]() ![]() ![]() The precursors of comfort-privacy and intimacy-first became important in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century and flourished with the growth of a middle-class devoted to family and home. In fact, the word in the sense we use it did not even exist until the eighteenth century. ![]() That such a basic need should be ignored in teaching students how to design buildings seemed so surprising to him that he set about exploring the history of comfort. By Witold Rybczynski Viking 256 pages $16.95.ĭuring the six years of the author’s architectural education, he writes in the foreword to this arresting book, the subject of comfort was mentioned only once-by an engineer talking about air conditioning. ![]()
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