Pallasmaa, Juhani

The thinking hand : existential and embodied wisdom in architecture / Juhani Pallasmaa - United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, c2009 - 159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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Architecture--Aesthetics
Architecture--Philosophy