Dwelling in Possibility: Searching for the Soul of Shelter

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Dwelling in Possibility: Searching for the Soul of Shelter

The mystery that attracts Howard Mansfieldâ€™s attention is that some houses have lifeâ€”are home, are dwellings, and others arenâ€™t. Dwelling, he says, is an old-fashioned word that weâ€™ve misplaced.
When we live heart and soul, we dwell. When we belong to a place, we dwell. Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwellingâ€”the soul of buildingsâ€”haunts most of our houses and our landscape.

Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that make some houses a home, and some public places welcoming.

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