Juhani Pallasmaa

Juhani Pallasmaa is a Finnish architect and Professor emeritus, Aalto University. Pallasmaa has written and lectured extensively across the world for over 45 years on architecture, the visual arts, environmental phenomenology, and cultural philosophy. 

Among the many academic and civic positions he has held are those of Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and head of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki. He established his own architect's office in 1983 in Helsinki. He has taught architecture at many universities around the world, including Yale University, The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, the Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin School. Pallasmaa has lectured widely in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia.

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Among Pallasmaa’s many books on architectural theory are: “The Eyes of the Skin – Architecture and the Senses” and “The Thinking Hand” as well as “Encounters 1 and 2”. His new book, “Rootedness: Reflections for Young Architects” was published recently by Wiley in London.

Pallasmaa was a member of the jury on the Pritzker Prize Committee for many years. He is a member of the Finnish Association of Architects, an honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and of many other professional organizations.