Alberto Pérez Gómez Livres

A+U 1994 special edition covering the work of Holl, Pallasmaa, and, Perez-Gomez, titled Questions of Perception. Their three individual essays presented in the book, are thematically linked; each one tries to explain the role man's perception plays in architecture and also explores phenomenal accounts. In their original introduction, the authors write: "The endless cultural limitations and contradictions inherent in artistic work, revealed with impeccable clarity and logic by the critics' deconstructive theory, are ultimately of limited use for the generation of architecture. The architect must take a position, one that necessarily has ethical consequences, and for which words, a theoretical discourse is nevertheless indispensable.Bilingually presented in English and Japanese.

Gregory Henriquez is part of a new generation of architects proclaiming the dangers of the profession serving as an instrument of private interest, of becoming consultants for hire. The role of the architect in present day society is unclear. Henriquez believes there is an urgent need to re-examine the role of ethics, activism and critical commentary in contemporary architectural practise.