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Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262640368
ISBN-13
9780262640367
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60012
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nightlands : Nordic Building
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
General, Regional, History / General
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
29.3 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Written from the heart and beautifully presented, the book is full of valuable insights into the pleasures of Nordic building." -Richard Weston, The Architects' Journal
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
720.9/48
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Translated by Thomas McQuillan Architecture is a manifestation of the environment in which it is placed, observes distinguished architect and theoretician Christian Norberg-Schulz. A simple enough observation, but one that becomes subtle and nuanced in this landmark book which attempts to define, for the first time, what Nordic building really is. Norberg-Schulz begins by contrasting the natural world of the North with that of the Mediterranean, the Nordic unendingness against the sun-saturated and homogeneous South. Using themes such as "natural," "domestic," "universal," and "foreign," he finds the architecture of both regions sensibly related to their environments; but whereas the South lends itself to abstraction, the North is marked by variation, openness, and dynamism--by low light, forests, and space. Exploring the ways built experience "takes place," Norberg-Schulz charts the distinctive character of land and climate that distinguishes Denmark's, Sweden's, Finland's, and Norway's architectural traditions from each other and from those to the South. While each of these countries might be said to share regional traits, Norberg-Schulz identifies differences (the cultivated and closely detailed landscape and architecture of Denmark, the dramatic, structured forms of Norway) that allow him to account for the way individual Nordic architectures evolved., Translated by Thomas McQuillan Architecture is a manifestation of the environment in which it is placed, observes distinguished architect and theoretician Christian Norberg-Schulz. A simple enough observation, but one that becomes subtle and nuanced in this landmark book which attempts to define, for the first time, what Nordic building really is. Norberg-Schulz begins by contrasting the natural world of the North with that of the Mediterranean, the Nordic unendingness against the sun-saturated and homogeneous South. Using themes such as natural, domestic, universal, and foreign, he finds the architecture of both regions sensibly related to their environments; but whereas the South lends itself to abstraction, the North is marked by variation, openness, and dynamism--by low light, forests, and space. Exploring the ways built experience takes place, Norberg-Schulz charts the distinctive character of land and climate that distinguishes Denmark's, Sweden's, Finland's, and Norway's architectural traditions from each other and from those to the South. While each of these countries might be said to share regional traits, Norberg-Schulz identifies differences (the cultivated and closely detailed landscape and architecture of Denmark, the dramatic, structured forms of Norway) that allow him to account for the way individual Nordic architectures evolved.
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