The architecture of leisure

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Susan R. Braden wrote an authoritative book on the empire of Henry Morrison Flagler Factory and Henry Bradley Factory, called "leisure leisure". After spending many years at Auburn University she recently quit a full-time lesson. She has a doctorate in art history from Florida State University and a master's degree from Northwestern University. Dr. Braden participated in urban planning and protection of historic buildings. One of her interests is the role of women in resort society.

Leisure and architecture of public gathering place exists in the complexity of architectural history. Their "grand" role is designed to entertain the public, including all elements of the various stages of visibility. The architecture of the leisure venue is totally opposite to the construction of the church and the temple. The former seems to be guided by the thought of the fourth quadrant (IV), but the latter is inspired by the psychological environment of the second quadrant (II). According to devoted devotion (belief) to higher authority, the church and the temple aim to invisible invisibility of the first quadrant (I). Entertainment facilities focus on invisible invisibility like unity. They may give way to some kind of jealousy (or massive hysteria) and ultimately even (first) quadrant. All of these spiritual realizations are reflected in their expression in empirical visibility (III) and architectural features.