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Author Pallasmaa, Juhani

Title The thinking hand : existential and embodied wisdom in architecture / Juhani Pallasmaa.

Imprint Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009

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 Female Library  NA2500 P355 2009    Available
Description 159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Series AD primers
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 150) and index.
Subject Architecture -- Aesthetics
Architecture -- Philosophy
ISBN 0470779284 (hbk.)
9780470779286 (hbk.)
0470779292 (pbk.)
9780470779293 (pbk.)