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Invisible Architecture: Experiencing Places Through the Sense of Smell.

Invisible Architecture: Experiencing Places Through the Sense of Smell.

$39.95

Barbara, Anna and Anthony Perliss.

Pap. Milan, 2006

Book ID: 70581

What does a church smell like? Or a movie theater? How conscious are we of the smells that surround us? The idea that places have an olfactory identity is not recent. Even in ancient architecture the dynamics of scents and their permeation were incorporated into the design. The 20th century, however, witnessed an increasing need to dry out spaces and sterilize the air in the effort to eliminate any olfactory perception in the regulation of indoor air quality.

223 pp.