Thinking Space: Readings from a Life in Architecture Publisher / Paul Mellon Centre under the shadow of his

under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy

documentation of Ai Weiwei’s gigantic Amazon rain-forest project

But miraculously

The gods and heroes of these legends hold up a mirror to the human condition

pocket-size exploration of the world’s trees

Thinking Space: Readings from a Life in Architecture Publisher / Paul Mellon Centre under the shadow of hisIn this volume, architect and educator Leon van Schaik explores how books, and book collecting, have framed his lifelong research into spatial intelligence the ways in which our past experiences in physical space shape our mental space, which in turn informs how we act in the world. A journey through the history of the authors own library, the book reveals some of his most prized texts, the deeply personal relationships they represent, and their