Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of ArchitectureAttempts to develop a theory of understanding architecture in concrete, existential terms, following the guidelines of Heidegger |
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| Title | Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture |
| Author | Christian Norberg-Schulz |
| Edition | 21, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Rizzoli, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jun 2011 |
| ISBN | 0847802876, 9780847802876 |
| Length | 213 pages |
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