Main entry:

Crosbie, Michael J.

Title & Author:

Architecture for the gods / Michael J. Crosbie.

Publication:

Mulgrave, Vic. : Images Pub. Group, 1999.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
St. James Episcopal Church, Fairhope, Alabama, USA / Errol Barron, Michael Toups Architects, New Orleans, Louisiana -- Abbey Church of St. Benoit, St.-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada / Dan S. Hanganu, Architect, Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Temple Jeremiah Golder Chapel, Northfield, Illinois, USA / H. Gary Frank Architects, Chicago, Illinois -- First Church of Christ, Scientist, Glendale, California, USA / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects, Santa Monica, California -- Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Miami, Florida, USA / Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Miami, Florida -- St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Sonoma, California, USA / Turnbull Griffin & Haesloop Architects, San Francisco, California.
(Continued) North Shore Synagogue, Kings Point, New York, USA / Alexander Gorlin, Architect, New York, New York -- Unitarian Fellowship of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA / Val Glitsch and Natalye Appel, Houston, Texas -- Church of St. Therese, Wilson, North Carolina, USA / Gerald Allen & Jeffrey Harbinson, Architects, New York, New York -- Galvin Family Chapel, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA / William Rawn Associates, Boston, Massachusetts -- The Connelly Chapel of Holy Wisdom, Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC, USA / KressCox Associates, Washington, DC.
(Continued) Temple Beth Shalom, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA / Perkins Eastman Architects PC, New York, New York, in association with Edward I. Mills & Associates -- Reorganized church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Temple, Independence, Missouri, USA / Gyo Obata, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Kansas City, Missouri -- Immaculate Conception Church, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA / Walton Madden Cooper Robinson Poness, Landover, Maryland -- Metropolitan Community Church, Washington, DC, USA / Suzane Reatig, Architect, Kensington, Maryland -- St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, USA / The Bumgardner Architects, Seattle, Washington.
(Continued) Young Israel of Brookline Synagogue, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA / Graham Gund Architects, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Light of the World Catholic Church, Littleton, Colorado, USA / Hoover Berg Desmond Architects, Denver, Colorado -- Chapel of the Word at Divine Word Missionaries, Techny, Illinois, USA / David Woodhouse Architects, Chicago, Illinois -- St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Paducah, Kentucky, USA / Williamson Pounders Architects, Memphis, Tennessee -- Islamic Cultural Center, New York, New York, USA / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York, New York -- Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral, Fargo, North Dakota, USA / Moore-Andersson Architects, Austin, Texas.
(Continued) Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, USA / Roth and Moore Architects, New Haven, Connecticut -- Mepkin Abbey Church, Moncks Corner, South Carolina, USA / Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Seaman's Church Institute, New York, New York, USA / Polshek and Partners Architects, New York, New York -- Christ Congregational Church, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA / Donham & Sweeney, Boston, Massachusetts -- San Juan Bautista Mission, Miami, Florida, USA / Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Miami, Florida -- St. Gregory's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, California, USA / Goldman Architects, San Francisco, California.
(Continued) Kol Haverim Synagogue, Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA / Arbonies King Vlock Architects, Branford, Connecticut -- Centenary United Methodist Church, Lexington, Kentucky, USA / Omni Architects, Lexington, Kentucky -- St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Warwick, New York, USA / Bentel & Bentel Architects, Locust Valley, New York -- Sea Ranch Chapel, Sea Ranch, California, USA / James T. Hubbell, Santa Ysabel, California -- Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland, USA / Ziger-Snead, Inc., Architects, Baltimore, Maryland -- Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua, Managua, Nicaragua / Legorreta Arquitectors, Mexico City, Mexico.
(Continued) Rock Church, Killingworth, Connecticut, USA / Dennis J. Dowd, Architect, Ivoryton, Connecticut -- Agudas Achim Synagogue, San Antonio, Texas, USA / Finegold Alexander + Associates, Boston, Massachusetts -- Christ Church, Lake Forest, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA / Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle, Washington, USA / Steven Holl Architects, New York, New York -- St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Columbus, Indiana, USA / Gunnar Birkerts and Associates, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan -- Williams College Jewish Religious Center, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA / Herbert S. Newman & Partners, New Haven, Connecticut.
(Continued) Church of the Nativity, Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA / Moore Rubel Yudell Architects, Santa Monica, California -- Faith Lutheran Church, Clive, Iowa, USA / Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture, Des Moines, Iowa -- Marilyn Moyer Meditation Chapel, Portland, Oregon, USA / Thompson Vaivoda & Associates, Portland, Oregon.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Religious architecture has a timeless quality; sacred spaces have been built for thousands of years. But today architects are called upon to design buildings that respond to a variety of faiths, and the needs of different and changing congregations. This lavish book presents the best in new religious architecture, filled with four-color photographs and drawings that explain how each building fulfills the design requirements of various denominations. More than 30 projects are included, representing a range of faiths: Christian, Jewish and Islamic. Among the projects which are found across the western hemisphere, is the work of internationally known architects including Steven Holl, Fay Jones, Ricardo Legoretta and Andras Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. This book is valuable resource on recent religious architectural design.

ISBN:

186470005X
9781864700053
1876907509 (bk. 2)
9781876907501 (bk. 2)

Subject:

Church architecture United States.
Synagogue architecture United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture chrétienne États-Unis.
Architecture synagogale États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Church architecture.
Synagogue architecture.
Bildband
Kirchenbau
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

Writings.
History.

Added entries:

Vosko, Richard S.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210206
Call No.: NA44.C949.A35 1999
Status: Available