What It Feels Like to Be a Building

by Forrest Wilson

Have you ever felt squashed? Squeezed? Pulled? Tugged? If so, then you know what it feels like to be a building! Here, with playful drawings and humorous text, award-winning author Forrest Wilson uses human figures (plus some dogs and rams) to show that architecture and people have more in common than you might have believed. This book will delight everyone who is fascinated with the buildings around us.

Genres: Picture Books

Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

Reviews

[Laura]

The physical phenomenology (or phenomenological physics) of buildings: “Even though a column might be disguised in squiggles, it still feels squashed.” Right up my alley.

[Stephanie]

MAJOR LOVE