Books in the Ambiances, Atmospheres and Sensory Experiences of Spaces series

The Atmospheric City explores how people make sense of the feelings they get in and of urban spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork of everyday life in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, it focuses on the atmospheric power of people, places, and phenomena.

This book offers an ethnographic exploration of the role that atmosphere plays in work processes undertaken within an urban design studio. It offers understandings of how architectural practices are fueled with atmosphere in various configurations throughout different design phases of selected projects for construction.

This book examines the concept of darkness through a range of cultures, histories, practices and experiences. It engages with darkness beyond its binary positioning against light to advance a critical understanding of the ways in which darkness can be experienced, practised and conceptualised.

This book investigates key issues such as relation between atmospheres & moods, how atmospheres define psychopathological conditions such as anxiety & schizophrenia, what role it plays in producing shared aesthetic experiences, & the significance of atmospheres in political events.

Music as Atmosphere ¿ Collective Feelings and Affective Sounds is the first collection of essays on music, sound, and atmosphere.