1st Edition

Heidegger for Architects

By Adam Sharr Copyright 2007
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Informing the designs of architects as diverse as Peter Zumthor, Steven Holl, Hans Scharoun and Colin St. John Wilson, the work of Martin Heidegger has proved of great interest to architects and architectural theorists. The first introduction to Heidegger’s philosophy written specifically for architects and students of architecture introduces key themes in his thinking, which has proved highly... Read more
1. Introduction 2. A Mountain Walk 3. Placing Heidegger 4. Heidegger’sThinking on Architecture 5. Heidegger and Architects 6. Suggestions for Further Reading

Biography

Adam Sharr is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University and principal of Adam Sharr Architects. He is author of Heidegger’s Hut (MIT Press, 2006), joint editor of Primitive: Original Matters in Architecture (Routledge, 2006) and Associate Editor of arq: Architectural Research Quarterly published by Cambridge University Press.