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Title
Toward an architecture of enjoyment
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991 (Author)
Stanek, Łukasz (Editor)
Bononno, Robert (Translator)
Subject
Architecture--Philosophy (LCSH)
Architecture--Psychological aspects (LCSH)
ARCHITECTURE / General (BISACSH)
PHILOSOPHY / General (BISACSH)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban (BISACSH)
Language
English
English
French original
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Classification
LCC: NA2500 .L4513 2014 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 720.1 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
ARC000000 (Source: bisacsh)
PHI000000 (Source: bisacsh)
SOC026030 (Source: bisacsh)
Supplementary Content
index
Content
text
Note
Includes translation
Summary
" Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment is the first publication in any language of the only book devoted to architecture by Henri Lefebvre. Written in 1973 but only recently discovered in a private archive, this work extends Lefebvre's influential theory of urban space to the question of architecture. Taking the practices and perspective of habitation as his starting place, Lefebvre redefines architecture as a mode of imagination rather than a specialized process or a collection of monuments. He calls for an architecture of jouissance--of pleasure or enjoyment--centered on the body and its rhythms and based on the possibilities of the senses. Examining architectural examples from the Renaissance to the postwar period, Lefebvre investigates the bodily pleasures of moving in and around buildings and monuments, urban spaces, and gardens and landscapes. He argues that areas dedicated to enjoyment, sensuality, and desire are important sites for a society passing beyond industrial modernization. Lefebvre's theories on space and urbanization fundamentally reshaped the way we understand cities. Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment promises a similar impact on how we think about, and live within, architecture. "-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Translator's Note
Introduction: A Manuscript Found in Saragossa / Łukasz Stanek
Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment. The Question
The Scope of the Inquiry
The Quest
Objections
Philosophy
Anthropology
History
Psychology and Psychoanalysis
Semantics and Semiology
Economics
Architecture
Conclusion (Injunctions).
Government Publication Type
State
Authorized Access Point
Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991 Toward an architecture of enjoyment
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 18010819
Change Date: 2014-10-01T14:44:47
Creation Date: 2014-01-17
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress