{"product_id":"rootedness-reflections-for-young-architects-9781394217052","title":"Rootedness: Reflections for Young Architects","description":"\u003cb\u003erootedness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDiscover the insights and lessons of architect Juhani Pallasmaa \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRootedness: Reflections for Young Architects\u003c\/i\u003e, Juhani Pallasmaa delivers an insightful and expansive collection of his most compelling ideas into architecture's position among arts and culture. Pallasmaa speaks to architecture students and young professionals, discussing each topic with sincerity and openness, suggesting what can be learned from areas of culture beyond the boundaries of familiar professional disciplines. He outlines the growing need for an architecture based in self-awareness, reconnection to the environment, and a sense of ethical responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach essay in \u003ci\u003eRootedness \u003c\/i\u003ewas initially conceived and presented as an educational lecture and has been carefully edited with clarifications, refinements, and valuable expansions. Accompanying sketches by the author emphasize the personal and intimate nature of the essays. The book also includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplorations of perception, creative practice, and the need for an ethical stance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThoughts, meditations, and challenges emerging from the author's search for identity and purpose in his architectural work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA wealth of references within the essays, as well as recommendations for books and films from which readers may draw further inspiration \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned for students of architecture at any age, \u003ci\u003eRootedness: Reflections for Young Architects \u003c\/i\u003ewill also inspire professional architects, designers, and those in other creative professions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuhani Pallasmaa \u003c\/b\u003eis one of Finland's most distinguished architects, and an internationally recognized architectural educator. He has held positions as the Rector of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology, and has held visiting professorships at schools of architecture around the world. Pallasmaa is the author or editor of more than 70 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Thinking Hand: Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e. His work \u003ci\u003eThe Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses \u003c\/i\u003eis widely considered a classic of architectural thought. Pallasmaa served on the Pritzker Prize in Architecture jury from 2008 to 2014. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter MacKeith (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003eis dean and professor of architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, University of Arkansas. An ACSA Distinguished Professor, MacKeith is the author or editor of fourteen books, including previous publications authored by Juhani Pallasmaa, among them \u003ci\u003eEncounters I and II, Essays in Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2014, the President of Finland recognized MacKeith as a Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion, for his contributions to Finnish culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50458090242322,"sku":"9781394217052","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_931c22aa-c59c-4b11-990b-059fdba280f0.jpg?v=1729952177","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rootedness-reflections-for-young-architects-9781394217052","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}