i came across him while i was studying in rome for a semester... not once was he ever mentioned at my school... but i did attend a lecture where he was mentioned at cooper union... i just can't help but think about public spaces in the us vs. europe... ahh gotta go...

I was in grad school at UIC in Chicago at the height of the postmodern/deconstruction phase. CN-S was dismissed by some as old-fashioned, 'structuralist' thought, modern and scientific, and therefore prejudiced. i found reading 'Meaning in Western Architecture' a revelation. CN-S connected architecture and meaning with culture, place, and time, and gave me a context for seeing and understanding architecture that I use in design and teaching every day.

I've seen MIWA and Intentions in Architecture translated into English. There may be more.

Dear Friends,

Christian Norberg-Schulz has passed away. About five years ago, I think.

With Love!

eb

'the already classic failure of C. Norberg-Schulz's Intentions in Architecture and other applications of linguistics to architectural theory over the past 10 years reveal a passion for structural rules and their limitations. In terms of architecture, structuralism has consciously rejected the importance of the transcendental dimension, thereby denying the importance of the historical horizon of meaning.' Alberto Pérez-Gomez, Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science

Well he's not all that mysterious. We explored his work during my illustrious education... I've since bought a book of his collected essays. Seems to me a friend attending Yale sent me one of his Norberg-Schulz books back then... So that's a couple schools under his influence, anyway.

was on the reading list for incoming grad students at SCI-Arc a few years back.

Genius Loci changed my life.

Seriously, I was in my first year of architorture and I read Genius Loci, it singlehandedly made me want to stay in. His description of the different landscapes are some of the most interesting reading I have ever done.
And in my school (UF) we read a lot of his works.

But I dont own a copy, It is costly on Ebay, if any archinecter wants to rid him or her self of a copy, Im here.

Yeah, Genius Loci is a must-read for every architect, He continues that theme in L'Art du Lieu

I just finished my first semester of grad school at the University of Houston. We read alot of Christian Norberg-Schulz. As just mentioned, Genius Loci to name one.

how can anybody miss him? he's in all those tedious architectural theory readers along with whatzisface and whoosis.

Is Genius Loci the essay where he used Alvar Aalto's town hall as an example towards the end ?

Are you thinking of Frampton's Critical Regionalism essay?

Nope, towards the end he discusses Alto's MIT dormitory, Le Corbusier, Pietila and Louis Kahn

I'll fourth Genius Loci. It was instrumental in forming my current position and passion in architecture. A lot of it points back to Heidegger's thoughts on the origin of art and the Riss between Earth and World if you're interested in similar thoughts on architecture. I recommend reading Poetry, Language, Thought...a collection of Heidegger's later works on art and place.

Yeah. I guess I was thinking of Frampton-whoops!