Andrew Ballantyne: Architecture: a very short review

Ballantyne's Architecture: A very Short Introduction deals more with the meaning of architecture. The "why" of a given structure, design and so forth. The most compelling question, that he asks on page 3 is 'Do I want to be the sort of person who lives in a place like this'? He introduces this question a few paragraphs earlier withe the example that the ratio of motorways to parkland shows how much our society values each relative to the other. How do we dwell in the world and how do we chose that mode of dwelling?