Seeking the Sacred in Contemporary Religious Architecture

Seeking the Sacred in Contemporary Religious Architecture
Title Seeking the Sacred in Contemporary Religious Architecture PDF eBook
Author Douglas R. Hoffman
Publisher
Pages 110
Release 2010
Genre Architecture, Modern
ISBN

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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.

Searching for Sacred Space

Searching for Sacred Space
Title Searching for Sacred Space PDF eBook
Author John Ander Runkle
Publisher Church Publishing, Inc.
Pages 244
Release 2002
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780898693713

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Every Sunday we walk through those doors and enter a sacred space. It is familiar, maybe comforting--or maybe not. It might be downright uncomfortable and unwelcoming. What can we do about it? In twelve thoughtful and provocative essays, the writers ask important questions about the relationship between sacred spaces and the worship that takes place in them: -How do our buildings convey a vision of God's kingdom on earth? -How are our places of worship reflecting our beliefs? -In what visible, tangible forms are we proclaiming a faith in the living God? -How are our church buildings helping this church bring the Gospel into a new century?

New Spiritual Architecture

New Spiritual Architecture
Title New Spiritual Architecture PDF eBook
Author Phyllis Richardson
Publisher
Pages 232
Release 2004
Genre Architecture, Modern
ISBN

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"New Spiritual Architecture looks at ways in which contemporary architects are approaching religious or meditative space. The book focuses on churches, chapels, temples, synagogues and mosques that have been built in the last few years and that represent a late-twentieth/early-twenty-first century aesthetic. These buildings demonstrate how new ideas and developments in urban, domestic and public architecture are being used to inform design that is intended for inspiration, worship or meditation. The text discusses the ways in which architects manipulate light and space and considers the placement of these buildings in their surroundings. Following a brief introduction, the book explores the following five themes: New Traditions, Interventions, Retreats, Grand Icons, and Modest Magnificence. It includes 200 full-color illustrations and 100 line drawings."--BOOK JACKET.

Modern Architecture and the Sacred

Modern Architecture and the Sacred
Title Modern Architecture and the Sacred PDF eBook
Author Ross Anderson
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 262
Release 2020-11-26
Genre Architecture
ISBN 1350098728

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This edited volume, Modern Architecture and the Sacred, presents a timely reappraisal of the manifold engagements that modern architecture has had with 'the sacred'. It comprises fourteen individual chapters arranged in three thematic sections – Beginnings and Transformations of the Modern Sacred; Buildings for Modern Worship; and Semi-Sacred Settings in the Cultural Topography of Modernity. The first interprets the intellectual and artistic roots of modern ideas of the sacred in the post-Enlightenment period and tracks the transformation of these in architecture over time. The second studies the ways in which organized religion responded to the challenges of the new modern self-understanding, and then the third investigates the ways that abstract modern notions of the sacred have been embodied in the ersatz sacred contexts of theatres, galleries, memorials and museums. While centring on Western architecture during the decisive period of the first half of the 20th century – a time that takes in the early musings on spirituality by some of the avant-garde in defiance of Sachlichkeit and the machine aesthetic – the volume also considers the many-varied appropriations of sacrality that architects have made up to the present day, and also in social and cultural contexts beyond the West.

Rituals and Walls

Rituals and Walls
Title Rituals and Walls PDF eBook
Author Pier Vittorio Aureli
Publisher AA Publications
Pages 240
Release 2016
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9781907896637

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"The idea of sacred space has not been considered a relevant topic in recent architecture, a neglect even more pronounced in terms of debates about the city.The texts and projects in this book aim to redress this oversight, and re-open a contemporary understanding of its relevance. The book itself is the result of a year-long investigation developed in the AA's Diploma Unit 14. It consists of design proposals that range from a mult-ifaith school in Strasbourg to the reconstruction of a festival hall in the city of Xian, China; from a Jesuit monastery in Detroit to a women's Islamic centre in Paris. The book is complemented by essays by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Maria Shéhérazade Giudici and Hamed Khosravi." -- Provided by publisher.

Transcending Architecture

Transcending Architecture
Title Transcending Architecture PDF eBook
Author Julio Bermudez
Publisher CUA Press
Pages 352
Release 2015
Genre Architecture
ISBN 0813226791

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Advances in Utopian Studies and Sacred Architecture

Advances in Utopian Studies and Sacred Architecture
Title Advances in Utopian Studies and Sacred Architecture PDF eBook
Author Claudio Gambardella
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 362
Release 2021-02-02
Genre Science
ISBN 3030507653

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At a time dominated by the disappearance of Future, as claimed by the French anthropologist Marc Augé, Utopia and Religion seem to be two different ways of giving back an inner horizon to mankind. Therefore this book, on the one hand, considers the importance of utopia as a tool and how it offers an economic and social resource to improve cities’ wealth, future and livability. On the other, it explores the impact of religious and cultural ideals on cities that have recently emerged in this context. Based on numerous observations, the book examines the intellectual legacy of utopian theory and practices across various academic disciplines. It also presents discussions, theories, and case studies addressing a range of issues and topics related to utopia.