Couldn’t help but search the text for references to Christopher Alexander (and they’re there). Recommend The Timeless Way of Building - not just for the patterns stuff that so inspired the tech community but for metaphors, many of which translate into other domains. I channel one such - ‘wholehearted’ - in my mission statement [1] and branding<p>[1] <a href="https://www.agendashift.com/about/wholehearted" rel="nofollow">https://www.agendashift.com/about/wholehearted</a>
If you are interested in this subject, I would recommend 'The Architecture of Happiness' by Alain De Botton, and 'Status Anxiety' (even though the a later is not focused on architecture, it is complimentary).<p>The books were also made into documentaries that are available on Alain De Bottom's YouTube channel.
Architecture matters. When I walk into a brutalist space, I feel minuscule and irrelevant. When I walk into spaces that I (subjectively) regard as a beautiful, I feel changed, for the better.