Christian Norberg-Schulz
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Christian Norberg-Schulz (Born Oslo 1926, died 2000) was a Norwegian architect, architectural historian and theorist.
Though Norberg-Schulz had practiced as an architect in his home country, he is well-known internationally both for his books on architectural history (in particular Italian classical architecture, especially the Baroque) and for his writings on theory. His concerns for theory can be characterised by a subtle shift from the analytical and psychological concerns of his earlier writings to the issue of phenomenology of place, being one of the first architectural theorists to bring the thinking of Martin Heidegger to the field.
[edit] Books in English by Norberg-Schulz
- Intentions in Architecture MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1965.
- Existence, Space and Architecture Praeger Publishers, London, 1971
- Meaning in Western Architecture Rizzoli, New York, 1974.
- Baroque Architecture Rizzoli, Milan, 1979.
- Late Baroque and Rococo Architecture Rizzoli, Milan, 1980.
- Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture Rizzoli, New York. 1980.
- Modern Norwegian Architecture Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, 1987.
- New World Architecture Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1988.
- Nightlands. Nordic Building, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1997.
- Principles of Modern Architecture Andreas Papadakis Publishers, London, 2000.
- Architecture: Presence, Language, Place Skira, Milan, 2000.
