As Finnish architect, author, scholar, and critic Juhani Pallasmaa celebrates his 70th birthday, this collection of essays recognizes his contribution to architecture. Other doors and windows into architecture's past, present, and future are also opened through the observations and declarations of the assembled contributors. This book includes essays by Marlon Blackwell, Kenneth Frampton, Kristian Gullichsen, Karsten Harries, John Hejduk, Mikko Heikkinen, Dan Hoffman, Steven Holl, Markku Komonen, Esa Laaksonen, Daniel Libeskind, Robert McCarter, Alberto Perez-Gomez, Nina Stritzler-Levine, Philip Tidwell, Billie Tsien, Leslie Van Duzer, Ben Weese, Cynthia Weese, Tod Williams, Colin St. John Wilson, and Peter Zumthor.