, establishes a foundational, multidisciplinary framework merging structuralism and semiotics to define architecture as a communicative art form. While bridging modern philosophy with design theory, the text also signals a transition toward the author's later, more prominent focus on phenomenology and the genius loci . Access the work, including the PDF, at Internet Archive Taylor & Francis Online

While his later work ( Genius Loci ) leaned fully into Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, Intentions in Architecture lays the scientific and structural groundwork for how physical environments manifest human "being-in-the-world." 3. The Core Framework: The Triad of Architectural Totality