Nietzsche for Architects

This first introduction to Nietzsche's philosophy written specifically for architects locates his evaluation of appropriate and inappropriate architecture in the body of his writings and presents a clear overview of Nietzsche's insights into architectural design alongside his advice for architects and designers.

Lucy Huskinson is Professor of Philosophy at Bangor University, UK. Her interests lie in the intersections of philosophy, psychology, and architecture, and in the idea that buildings shape us as much as we shape them. She is author of several books in these fields, including Architecture and the Mimetic Self: A Psychoanalytic Study of How Buildings Make and Break Our Lives (2018) and Nietzsche and Architecture: The Grand Style for Modern Living (2024). Her books have been translated into Turkish, Serbian, and Portuguese.

1. Introduction 2. Placing Nietzsche's Life and Ideas Through Buildings and Places 3. Decadent Modern Architecture. "Amassed rather than assembled" 4. The Will to Power as a Will to Build 5. Nietzsche's Architects Conclusion: Nietzschean lessons for Architects