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Intentions in Architecture

By: Christian Norberg-Schulz

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The chief focus of the book is on the symbolic and linguistic. The purpose is to develop an integrated theory of architectural description and architectural intention (and this includes the intention of the user as well as that of the designer), insofar as architecture is an art. Norberg-Schulz is a practicing architect; his buildings stand in several countries; and he elucidates the nature of architectural reality with a practiced eye and from a practical viewpoint. Although the methods and theory that his book develops are uncompromisingly rigorous and tightly formed, they are everywhere related to actual building, through specific examples and through the use of over 100 photographs. The structure that Norberg-Schulz has fashioned is surely one of the most impressive intellectual edifices that any architect has ever produced. The materials that are organically worked into it include Gestalt psychology, the mechanics of perception, information theory, modern analytic philosophy, and in particular, linguistic analysis, and the general theory of signs and symbols. The result, however, is not an eclectic hodge-podge; all these materials have their place and purpose; none is applied extraneously for "show" or purely decorative effect. And all this divergent material had to be joined according to plan within formal bounds in order to produce a theory with equally divergent applications: one that can treat not only of the aesthetics of architecture but equally well of its social, psychological, and cultural effects. The chief focus of the book is on the symbolic and linguistic. The purpose is to develop an integrated theory of architectural description and architectural intention (and this includes the intention of the user as well as that of the designer), insofar as architecture is an art.

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MIT Press

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0262640023

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Nightlands

Nordic Building

By: Christian Norberg-Schulz

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Nightlands

Nordic Building

By: Christian Norberg-Schulz

Translated by Thomas McQuillan Architecture is a manifestation of the environment in which it is placed, observes distinguished architect and theoretician Christian Norberg-Schulz. A simple enough observation, but one that becomes subtle and nuanced in this landmark book which attempts to define, for the first time, what Nordic building really is. Norberg-Schulz begins by contrasting the natural world of the North with that of the Mediterranean, the Nordic unendingness against the sun-saturated and homogeneous South. Using themes such as "natural," "domestic," "universal," and "foreign," he finds the architecture of both regions sensibly related to their environments; but whereas the South lends itself to abstraction, the North is marked by variation, openness, and dynamism—by low light, forests, and space. Exploring the ways built experience "takes place," Norberg-Schulz charts the distinctive character of land and climate that distinguishes Denmark's, Sweden's, Finland's, and Norway's architectural traditions from each other and from those to the South. While each of these countries might be said to share regional traits, Norberg-Schulz identifies differences (the cultivated and closely detailed landscape and architecture of Denmark, the dramatic, structured forms of Norway) that allow him to account for the way individual Nordic architectures evolved.

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0262640368

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Arne Korsmo

By: Christian Norberg-Schulz,Arne Korsmo

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Arne Korsmo

By: Christian Norberg-Schulz,Arne Korsmo

During the 1930s and the postwar period, Arne Korsmo was the main link to architectural trends outside of Norway. It was through his activity as a creative architect, designer, and teacher that new aesthetic concepts were introduced in Norway. This book encompasses quotations from his articles and lectures, and photographs and drawings of his work, which allow the reader an intimate knowledge of this man's influential art. His sensitivity to his surroundings, however, was not limited to architecture--it permeated all of his career. In this bilingual edition the reader has access to the beauty of Korsmo's vision.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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8200071286

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By: Christian Norberg-Schulz

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Geographies of Love

The Cultural Spaces of Romance in Chick- and Ladlit

By: Christian Lenz

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Geographies of Love

The Cultural Spaces of Romance in Chick- and Ladlit

By: Christian Lenz

»Geographies of Love« is the first study to explore the cultural lifeworlds of British, Australian and Indian chick- and ladlit characters. Offering unique case studies including »Bridget Jones's Diary«, »About a Boy« and »Almost Single«, the book explores how women and men search for love and how they commit themselves to romances in specific spaces and places: the home and the office as well as shops, clubs and bars. This cross-disciplinary study provides scholars, students and keen readers with multiple points of access and easily-relatable situations. It applies the complex phenomenon of cultural geographies within the field of literary studies and sheds new light on a most passionate feeling.

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transcript Verlag

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3839434416

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Glass Construction Manual

By: Christian Schittich,Gerald Staib,Dieter Balkow,Matthias Schuler,Werner Sobek

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Glass Construction Manual

By: Christian Schittich,Gerald Staib,Dieter Balkow,Matthias Schuler,Werner Sobek

Glass offers a wide variety of possible applications for the realization of even the most ambitious designs in architecture, and in the past two decades it has experienced an unparalleled burst of innovation. For planners, this means working constantly with this high-performance material. In compact and appealing form, the completely revised Glass Construction Manual presents the current state of the art on planning and building with glass, from the history through the technical foundations all the way to the most innovative applications. Astonishing perspectives on thermal insulation and solar protection and the addition of thoughtfully selected new practical examples round off this comprehensive reference work.

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Walter de Gruyter

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303461554X

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Intentions in Architecture

By: Christian Norberg-Schulz

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Arne Korsmo

By: Christian Norberg-Schulz,Arne Korsmo

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