Following Norberg Schulz : an architectural history through the essay film This book examines the life and work of the seminal architectural thinker Christian Norberg Schulz (1926 2000). It draws new attention to his modern and postmodern architectural designs and re examines his acclaimed theoretical work on the phenomenology of architecture and place within the context of a biography of his life. Taking a novel experimental approach the book also explores the potential of the essay film as an innovative new approach to producing architectural history. Bridging archival research and artistic exploration its ten chapters written by an architectural historian who is also a film maker are each accompanied by a short documentary film hosted online and linked from within the chapter which use the medium of film to creatively explore and delve deeper into little known aspects of Norberg Schulzs theory of genius loci and the phenomenology of architecture. There is growing interest within academic architectural research in practice led research methodologies particularly in the practice of film making and the essay film and as well as providing an insightful account of the life work and theory of a key thinker this book also provides a highly innovative example of an academic monograph which bridges the text film gap