Totems: Selected Essays on Architecture Travel then those branches split in

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this delightful book offers a unique glimpse into what makes the city a magical and wonderfully diverse place to walk and shop

professor in the department of architecture at the University of Washington

Projects such as Lonna Sauna and Bademaschinen evoke historical bathing and sauna

This book offers a wide-ranging look at his oeuvre

Totems: Selected Essays on Architecture Travel then those branches split inTotems brings together ten texts by architect, historian, and critic Irne Scalbert. Written between 2001 and 2025, they reflect nearly three decades of critical engagement with architecture and its cultural contexts. Ranging in length and registerfrom concise meditations to extended analytical essaysthe collection captures the evolution of Scalberts thinking as a critic, teacher, and participant in architectural discourse. Organized thematically into