Designing sacred spaces

by Wing, Sherin

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Title Statements

Full title :Designing sacred spaces / Sherin Wing.

Summary

"Sacred spaces exemplify some of the most exciting and challenging architecture today. Designing Sacred Spaces tells the inside story of seven architecture firms and their approaches to designing churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, monasteries and retreats. Twenty beautifully illustrated case studies located in Asia, Europe, and North America are showcased alongside discussions with the designers into concept and design development, materiality, and spatial analysis. Complementing these are essays on the cultural, historical, and theoretical meaning and importance of sacred spaces. By exploring the way we see religion and how we understand secular and sacred space, Designing Sacred Spaces reveals how we see ourselves and how we see others"--Back cover

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317755906, 1317755901, 9781315798226, 1315798220, 9781317755883, 131775588X, 9781317755890, 1317755898
oclc:ocn922965911
LC Classification:NA4600
Dewey Decimal:726

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Churches, mosques, and synagogues -- pt. 3. Reconceptualizing space -- pt. 4. Monasteries -- pt. 5. The construction of religious spaces -- pt. 6. Retreats -- pt. 7. Understanding religions through architecture -- pt. 8. Biographies and observations.