An architecture of atmospheresArchitecture is increasingly understood to be a sensual spatial experience which means that the experience of buildings and spatial constellations is also a perception of atmospheres that are rated as positive or negative Architects planners investors and politicians must produce effects such as these according to intersubjective and communicable criteria and not intuitively or randomly Architectural Atmospheres addresses the growing awareness of the atmospheric dimension of architecture and provides a current programmatic discussion of this topic What possibilities does this approach open to architecture what value does this knowledge have Three essays and a conversation lead a cross discipline discussion on the impact of architecture and contribute to the debate first initiated by Peter Zumthor The texts are accompanied by thirty five color images that capture architectural moods in a variety of ways Gernot Bohme is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Darmstadt Technical University and Director of the Institute for Practical Philosophy e V Ipph in Darmstadt Germany Christian Borch is Professor of Political Sociology at the Department of Management Politics and Philosophy Copenhagen Business School Denmark Olafur Eliasson is a Danish Icelandic artist Eliasson incessantly explores our modes of perceiving His work spans photography installation sculpture and film Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland s most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers Current knowledge on a core issue of architectural political economic and public discourse With contributions by Christian Borch Juhani Pallasmaa Gernot Bohme and Olafur Eliasson Richly illustrated