Intentions in Architecture

by Christian Norberg Schulz and Christian Norberg-Schulz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262640023
• ISBN13: 9780262640022
• Release Date: September 1968
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher