Feng Shui: A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers

by Vincent Smith, Barbara Lyons Stewart

What do Citibank, the Wall Street Journal , and the Donald Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts have in common? They all have used the universal principles of feng shui, the traditional Chinese discipline of spatial energies, to improve their environments and enhance their businesses. In the past few years, feng shui has crossed cultures to become an effective tool for the nation's top architects and designers—and their clients. Feng A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers by Vincent M. Smith with Barbara Lyons Stewart is the very first book geared specifically to the architectural and design disciplines. This useful guide equips architects and designers with the tools to create well-designed, comfortable environments that enhance clients’ lives. The authors present a history of feng shui, explain its fundamental principles of balance and energy flow, emphasize how these principles are applicable to any architectural style or setting, and connect the theory of feng shui to environmental psychology. Design professionals learn how feng shui practice can help guide the selection of sites, building layout, materials, finishes, landscaping, graphics, lighting, and color. The''ll also find clear plans for a wide range of projects, including residential, commercial, corporate, health care, and hospitality.

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

Reviews

[Sarah Maker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the principles in this book were very down-to-earth, like people are naturally drawn to the right so put a table to the right of your entryway to place your keys. But about the time we started talking astrology, I started tuning out--you'll never convince me that my birthday should tell me how to position my bed.

[Hazel Marie]

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