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Series Audiobook 3 - California Studies in Critical Human Geography
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Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing

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The Eyes of the Skin

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Explore the relationship between architecture and the sensory experience with the fourth edition of this groundbreaking work.First published in 1996, The Eyes of the Skin is a classic of architectural theory. It asks the far-reaching question why, when there are five senses, is one single sense―sight―so predominant in architectural culture and design? With the ascendancy of the digital and the all ... Read more

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