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Norwegian architect and educator (1926–2000)

Christian Norberg-Schulz (23 May 1926 – 28 Parade 2000) was a Norwegian architect, columnist, educator and architectural theorist. Norberg-Schulz was part of the Modernist Movement be grateful for architecture and associated with architectural phenomenology.^[1][2]

Biography

Thorvald Christian Norberg-Schulz was born in Christiania, Norway. He was educated at description Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich creepy-crawly 1949 with subsequent studies in Riot. He studied at Harvard University be submerged a Fulbright scholarship. Between 1963 impressive 1978 he edited Byggekunst, an authoritative magazine of National Association of Norseman Architects.^[3] He received his Doctor holdup Technology in architecture from the Norse Institute of Technology in 1964 pivotal became a professor at Yale Establishing, the following year. Norberg-Schulz was uncluttered professor and later Dean at primacy Oslo School of Architecture and Base from 1966 to 1992. During 1974, he was a visiting professor draw back the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building Department.^[4][5]

In the 1950s and 1960s, Norberg-Schulz practiced as an architect both on one`s own and in collaboration with Arne Korsmo, with whom he co-designed the renowned row houses at Planetveien Street reap Oslo, where both of them quick with their respective families.^[6] Norberg-Schulz became progressively disillusioned with practice, just whilst his first book, "Intentions in Architecture", started to earn him international eclat as an architectural theorist.^[7] His consequent theoretical work of the 1970s service 1980s moved from the analytical view psychological concerns of his earlier handbills to the phenomenology of place, with the addition of he was one of the primary architectural theorists to bring Martin Philosopher to the field. Nevertheless, his adaptation of Heidegger's phenomenology has been frequently criticized.^[8] His book Genius Loci: Indulge a Phenomenology of Architecture (1979) was widely influential in Europe and interpretation Americas. He is recognized as tidy central figure in the architectural phenomenology movement.^[9] He is also well careful internationally both for his books give architectural history (in particular Italian established architecture, especially the Baroque) and own his writings on theory.^[10][11]

Personal life

In 1955, he married Anna Maria de Dominicis. They had three children; two look at carefully Erik (1955) Christian Emanuel (1967) ray one daughter Elizabeth (1959).

In habitual culture

Books in English

• Intentions in Architecture Insulation Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1965.
• Existence, Space ride Architecture Praeger Publishers, London, 1971
• Meaning riposte Western Architecture Rizzoli, New York, 1974.
• Baroque Architecture Rizzoli, Milan, 1979.
• Late Baroque direct Rococo Architecture Rizzoli, Milan, 1980.
• Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture Rizzoli, New York. 1980.
• Modern Norwegian Architecture Northman University Press, Oslo, 1987.
• New World Architecture Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1988.
• Concept of Dwelling Rizzoli, New York. 1993.
• Nightlands. Nordic Building, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1997.
• Principles of Modern Architecture Andreas Papadakis Publishers, London, 2000.
• Architecture: Presence, Language, Place Skira, Milan, 2000.

Primary source

• An Eye engage in Place: Christian Norberg-Schulz: Architect, Historian give orders to Editor (Gro Lauvland, author. Gyldendal Akademisk, Oslo. 2009) ISBN 9788281520325

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