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Genius loci : towards a phenomenology of architecture / Christian Norberg-Schulz.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Italian Publication details: New York : Rizzoli, 1980, c1979.Description: 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0847802876
  • 9780847802876
Uniform titles:
  • Genius loci. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.1 NOR 19 20292
LOC classification:
  • NA2542.4 .N6713
Summary: Este libro es una continuacin de tres libros anteriores del autor, todos existentes en versión española: Intenciones en arquitectura (1963), Existencia, espacio y arquitectura (1971) y Arquitectura occidental (1974)."Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture" by Christian Norberg-Schulz is a landmark book in architectural theory that explores the relationship between human existence and the built environment. Published in 1980, the book is a foundational text of architectural phenomenology, a movement that critiques the abstract and placeless nature of much of modern architecture. Norberg-Schulz, a Norwegian architect and theorist, argues that architecture's primary role is to give a tangible form to the "genius loci"—the unique, inherent spirit of a place.
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Translation of Genius loci.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Este libro es una continuacin de tres libros anteriores del autor, todos existentes en versión española: Intenciones en arquitectura (1963), Existencia, espacio y arquitectura (1971) y Arquitectura occidental (1974)."Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture" by Christian Norberg-Schulz is a landmark book in architectural theory that explores the relationship between human existence and the built environment. Published in 1980, the book is a foundational text of architectural phenomenology, a movement that critiques the abstract and placeless nature of much of modern architecture. Norberg-Schulz, a Norwegian architect and theorist, argues that architecture's primary role is to give a tangible form to the "genius loci"—the unique, inherent spirit of a place.


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