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__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

Who reads Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment?

Author

Henri Lefebvre, Łukasz Stanek (editor)

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816677191

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24