Atmospheres: Architectural Environments. Surrounding Objects Hardcover – Illustrated, March 17, 2006

A must-read from one of the best architects of our time!

Zumthor's _Thinking Architecture_ and _Atmospheres_ are iconic additions to the lexicon of architectural theory. Zumthor is a humble giant, and his concern with the phenomenological experience of the user, as well as with the performative aspects of building, point the way to a twenty-first century architecture that is kinder and more responsible than the architectures of the twentieth. This is a must-read for all architects and designers, and if you find yourself thinking Zumthor to be ho-hum or you don't agree with him, I ask you: As an architect who do you serve? If your answer is one rooted in a wider ethic, Zumthor will resonate with you.

Best book ever. If you like theory in architecture and if you like to read about spaces, feelings and materials, Atmospheres will be the best book for you. Peter Zumthor make the architecture so abstract, easy to understand but also complicated to learn. It's a really nice book, I think this changed the way I understand some things in architecture.

my summary will be, like the title states, that reading, brings more to the imagination that just pictures. There are beautiful books out there, dont get me wrong, I love them. But this book talks about something, its meaningful. Its gets you thinking and wanting to DO architecture.a must have in your library

The book is written as a dialogue taken from a lecture, which has had minimal editing. This gives a good insight into Zumthors thinking and inspirations from the cuff,so to speak.The disappointment is that there is not a lot of grounding theory or thoughts as well defined like those in his essays in 'thinking archtecture'. My feelings are that some ideas are repeatative but presented from a different perspective.However if you are a true Zumthor fan, you would know that there is not a lot of published material so when its there! Get it!

Great book that gets inside the mind of a great architect.

10/10

great book. a must for architecture students