Contemporary Church Architecture
Contemporary Church Architecture

Author: Edwin Heathcote

Publisher:

Published: 2007-06-05

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The last decade has seen the emergence of a whole new generation of church designs. Covering buildings across the world, Contemporary Church Architecture aims to appeal not only to architects and clergy involved directly in ecclesiastical architecture but also other practitioners and those with a broader interest in cutting-edge design. This book covers the development of contemporary church design by looking at how the rational and the sacred can be reconciled and can inform one another. It also outlines the main trends and approaches: the conflict between self-expression and expression of the sacred, between sculptural signification and functionalism. Beautifully illustrated with around 350 photographs.

Sacred Spaces
Sacred Spaces

Author: James Pallister

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714868950

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A ground‐breaking and enlightening exploration of the structures which elevate architecture to spirituality. Sacred Spaces showcases 30 of the most breath‐taking, innovative, iconic and undiscovered examples of contemporary religious architecture, including work by well‐known architects alongside emerging designers. Spanning all major religions and places of worship from intimate, reflective chapels and cemeteries to dramatic cathedrals and memorials, Sacred Spaces documents each project with lavish‐in‐depth photography and drawings and texts by James Pallister that provide a modern historical context. An inspiring collection and thorough survey, the buildings in Sacred Spaces will appeal to architects and designers as well as the general public intrigued by creative culture, religion and spirituality.

Seeking the Sacred in Contemporary Religious Architecture
Seeking the Sacred in Contemporary Religious Architecture

Author: Douglas R. Hoffman

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A collaborative publishing venture between the Kent State University Press and Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs' Center for Sacred Landmarks, The Sacred Landmarks Series includes both works of scholarship and general interest that preserve history and increase understanding of religious sites, structures, and organizations in Northeast Ohio, in the United States, and around the world. This is a compelling study of what makes a sacred place sacred.

No Place for God
No Place for God

Author: Moyra Doorly

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781586171537

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In No Place for God, Doorly traces the principles of modern architecture to the ideas of space that spread rapidly during the twentieth century. She sees a parallel between the desacralization of the heavens, and consequently of our churches, and the mass inward search for a God of one's own. This double movement away from the transcendent God, who reveals himself to man through Scripture and tradition, and toward an inner truth relevant only to oneself has emptied our churches, and the worship that takes place within them, of the majesty and beauty that once inspired reverence in both believers and unbelievers alike.

Spiritus Loci
Spiritus Loci

Author: Bert Daelemans, S.J.

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-01-08

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9004285369

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Spiritus Loci Bert Daelemans, who graduated as an architect and a theologian, provides an interdisciplinary method for the theological assessment of church architecture. Rather than a theory, this method is based on case studies of contemporary buildings (1995-2015), which are often criticized for lacking theological depth. In a threefold method, the author brings to light the ways in which architecture can be theology – or theotopy – by focusing on topoi (places) rather than logoi (words). Churches reveal our relationship with God by engaging our body, mind, and community. This method proves relevant not only for the way we perceive these buildings, but also for the way we use them, especially in our prophetic engagement for a better world.

Modern Church Architecture
Modern Church Architecture

Author: Albert Christ-Janer

Publisher:

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Presents forty examples of twentieth-century Catholic and Protestant architecture, including monasteries and seminaries as well as church buildings. From Perret's Church of Notre Dame, Le Raincy, France, to Niemeyer's plans for the Cathedral of Brasilia. Several of the buildings are in the United States.

Constructing the Ineffable
Constructing the Ineffable

Author: Karla Britton

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300170375

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Throughout the history of the built environment there has been no more significant endeavor than the construction of houses of worship, which were once the focal point around which civilizations and city-states developed. This book is the first to examine this topic across continents and from the perspective of multiple faiths. It addresses how sacred buildings are viewed in the context of contemporary architecture and religious practice.

Sacred Power, Sacred Space
Sacred Power, Sacred Space

Author: Jeanne Halgren Kilde

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-07-21

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0199718105

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Jeanne Halgren Kilde's survey of church architecture is unlike any other. Her main concern is not the buildings themselves, but rather the dynamic character of Christianity and how church buildings shape and influence the religion. Kilde argues that a primary function of church buildings is to represent and reify three different types of power: divine power, or ideas about God; personal empowerment as manifested in the individual's perceived relationship to the divine; and social power, meaning the relationships between groups such as clergy and laity. Each type intersects with notions of Christian creed, cult, and code, and is represented spatially and materially in church buildings. Kilde explores these categories chronologically, from the early church to the twentieth century. She considers the form, organization, and use of worship rooms; the location of churches; and the interaction between churches and the wider culture. Church buildings have been integral to Christianity, and Kilde's important study sheds new light on the way they impact all aspects of the religion. Neither mere witnesses to transformations of religious thought or nor simple backgrounds for religious practice, church buildings are, in Kilde's view, dynamic participants in religious change and goldmines of information on Christianity itself.