The Thinking Hand: Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture by Juhani Pallasmaa

Published by John Wiley & Sons March 2009

In The Thinking Hand, by Juhani Pallasmaa reveals the miraculous potential of the human hand. He shows how the pencil in the hand of the artist or architect becomes the bridge between the imagining mind and the emerging image. The book surveys the multiple essences of the hand, its biological evolution and its role in the shaping of culture, highlighting how the hand–tool union and eye–hand–mind fusion are essential for dexterity and how ultimately the body and the senses play a crucial role in memory and creative work.

Pallasmaa continues the exploration begun in his classic work The Eyes of the Skin by further investigating the interplay of emotion and imagination, intelligence and making, theory and life, once again redefining the task of art and architecture through well-grounded human truths.

978-0-470-77929-3 | £24.99 / €30.00

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AD: Cities of Dispersal

By Rafi Segal and Els Verbakel

Published by Wiley, February 08

This issue of Architectural Design focuses on ways in which urban sprawl – areas of unstructured development with constantly expanding low-density housing – can be redesigned and rethought by interventions from architects and urban designers. Looking particularly at the issue of public place and the way that collective space can be redefined and articulated, this highly topical issue responds to the need for architectural design to engage in social issues and existing urban forms rather than attempting to create idealized conditions or merely iconic buildings.

Airport Interiors: Design For Business

By Steve Thomas-Emberson

Published by Wiley, November 07

Airport Interiors provides essential background into the development of the airport business and the design of its interior spaces, whether it is through the master-planning of circulation spaces or interior finishes. The book explains how the global airport market developed and why; who the main architectural influences are; and how interiors have made a commercial difference to how airports are regarded by their operators...