Title & Author:

The religious imagination in modern and contemporary architecture : a reader / [edited by] Renata Hejduk and Jim Williamson.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.
©2011

Description:

xix, 385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The apocryphal project of modern and contemporary architecture / Renata Hejduk and Jim Williamson -- Religion and myth / Luis Barragán -- When the sacred journey ends : protestant thought and the meaning of puritanical modern architecture / Thomas H. Beeby -- Modernity / Gustavo Benavides -- Shiva, Luria, Kahn / Michael Benedikt -- The architecture of hope : Daniel Libekind's Jewish museum / Andrew Benjamin -- 'Art and society' from 1909 / Hendrik Petrus Berlage -- Revolution and revelation : Luis Barragán's divergent modernism / José Bernardi -- Notes from volume zero : Louis Kahn and the language of God / Joseph Burton -- Ecclesia / Massimo Cacciari -- The godless temple, 'organon of the infinite' / Peter Carl -- The Woodland Cemetery : towards a spiritual landscape, Erik Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz 1915-1961 / Caroline Constant -- The public, the private, and the sacred / Charles Correa -- A dwelling for man within the harmony of the cosmos / Maria Antonietta Crippa -- Excellence : the culture of Mies as seen in his notes and books / Francesco Dal Co -- The sacred and the modern artist / Mircea Eliade -- Re: Neoconservative architecture, neoconservative politics: a mighty fortess : Quinlan Terry and the reformation of architecture / Martin Filler and Quinlan Terry -- Transcendental renaissance in the arts 1890-1920 / Raymond H. Geselbracht -- Explorations of Jewish space 1978-present / David Gissen -- Spiritual basis of creativity / Paul Goesch (Tancred) -- Architecture's destiny / K. Michael Hays -- The sweet juice bled / John Hejduk -- The wallpaper / John Hejduk -- Step into liquid : rites, transcendence, and transgression in the modern construction of the social sacred / Renata Hejduk -- J.L.M. Lauweriks and K.P.C. de Bazel : architecture and theosophy / Susan R. Henderson -- The architectural metaphor / Denis Hollier -- Rudolf Schwarz : modern churches in a modern culture / Richard Kieckhefer -- Leon Krier's theology of traditionalism : an interview with Peter Eisenman / Leon Krier and Peter Eisenman -- Formal, informal, and the Jewish question / Sanford Kwinter -- Cathedral without walls : theosophical modernism for American democracy / Jonathan Massey -- Frank Lloyd Wright : "the architect as preacher" / Debra A. Meyers -- The task of architecture / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Beauty is the radiance of truth / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- St. Savior Chapel, IIT Campus, Chicago / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Alchemical and mythical themes in the poem of the right angle 1947-1965 / Richard A. Moore -- The Aura of the sacred : art, architecture, and existential sacredness / Juhani Pallasmaa -- Abstraction in modern architecture : the Gnostic dimension / Alberto Pérez-Gómez -- Eschatology / Colin Rowe -- The dark side of the Bauhaus / Joseph Rykwert -- The foundation / Rudolf Schwarz -- Prayer for a house / David Shapiro -- "Mein Weltbild" (My world-picture), 19 October 1920 / Bruno Taut (Glas) -- Nuclear architecture or fabulous architecture or tragic architecture or ... / Mark C. Taylor -- Purity / Mark C. Taylor -- Architecture and theology / Quinlan Terry -- Construction (de)construction (re)construction : architectural antinomies and a (re)newed beginning / Stanley Tigerman -- The ideal of holy emptiness / The Reverend Paul Tillich -- Living and working in paradise / Richard Wesley -- The crystal chain / Iain Boyd Whyte -- Cosmopolitan architectures : notes on drawing / Jim Williamson -- Glossary.

Summary:

The publication of this anthology marks the first survey that collects, substantiates, and demonstrates the importance of the religious and spiritual imagination within Western Modern and contemporary architecture. Going beyond the ideas of "sacredness" and "sacred place making" that are a common theme for symposia, conferences, and architectural periodicals, the essays, interviews, and meditations offered here take a critical look at the relationship between religion and architecture in the twentieth century.
The anthology includes original and reprinted writings culled from the last one hundred years including texts by Luis Barragan, K. Michael Hays, John Hejduk, Mark C. Taylor, Juhani Pallasmaa, Colin Rowe, Joseph Rykwert, and Quinlan Terry. An introduction by the editors and a glossary of terms also help the reader to locate and navigate this wealth of material. In addition to the written texts, an integral part of the anthology is a rich collection of images and projects that addresses the question of architecture, space, the spiritual, and religion, or provides a point of contemplation for the reader to assess against the essays included in the book.
This is an important introduction to ideas that helped shape the history of architecture in the twentieth century, as well as to the interdisciplinary discourse that examines how different fields express abstract concepts such as faith, spirit, God, and knowledge. It makes essential reading for any architect, aspiring or practising, delving deeper into the meaning of architectural practice, as well as providing an in-depth introduction to the topic for readers interested in religion, architecture, the ephemeral, and the sacred. --Book Jacket.

ISBN:

9780415780803 (hb ; alk. paper)
0415780802 (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415780810 (pb ; alk. paper)
0415780810 (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture and religion History 20th century.
Imagination Religious aspects.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Themes, motives.
Architecture et religion Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture and religion
Architecture, Modern Themes, motives
Arkitektur historia teman och motiv 1900-talet.
Konst och religion historia 1900-talet.
Arkitekturteori.
Arkitektur och religion.

Form/genre:

Interviews.
History

Added entries:

Hejduk, Renata J.
Williamson, James P.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273416
Call No.: NA4600 .R45 2011
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available