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	The Act of Creation and the Spirit of a Place: A Holistic-Phenomenological Approach to Architecture Author: Nili Portugali Publisher: Edition Axel Menges Year: 2006 ISBN 3936681058
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The author presents her interpretation of a holistic, phenomenological world view in theory and in practice, a world view which has been at the forefront of scientific discourse in recent years and which is closely related to Buddhist philosophy. Portugali argues that in order to change the feeling of the environment and create places and buildings we really feel "at home" and want to live in, what is needed is not a change of style or fashion, but a transformation of the mechanistic worldview underlying current thought and approaches. The real challenge of current architectural practice is to make the best use of the potential inherent in our modern technological age.

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