EYES OF THE SKIN: ARCHITECTURE AND THE SENSES (4TH ED) (HB)

First published in 1996, this is a classic of architectural theory. It ask why, when there are five senses, one single sense?sight? is so predominant in architectural culture and design? With the ascendancy of the digital and the all-pervasive use of the image electronically, the subject is all the more pressing and topical since the first edition’s publication. Juhani Pallasmaa argues that the suppression of the other four sensory realms has led to the overall impoverishment of our built environment.