
Sacred Concrete
The Churches of Le Corbusier
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 26. March 2013
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-3-0346-0823-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Le Corbusier not only designed and built churches; he was also intensely interested in religion and faith. His work deeply influenced church architecture in the twentieth century.This book examines Le Corbusier's relationship with religion in two introductory chapters, presents his four designs for La Sainte-Baume, the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut de Ronchamp, the Cloister of La Tourette, and the Church of St. Pierre, and, in the final chapter, examines his influence on church architecture in Europe in the twentieth century. Examples include the Jubilee Church near Rome by Richard Meier, the Chapel of Saint Ignatius in Seattle by Steven Holl, the Santa Maria Church in Porto by Álvaro Siza, Tadao Ando's Meditation Space in Paris, as well as the Kapelle der Versöhnung (Church of Reconciliation) in Berlin by Reitermann & Sassenroth.Flora Samuel holds a PhD in architecture and teaches design and architecture history at the University of Bath, UK, and is the author of numerous publications. Inge Linder-Galliard also holds a PhD in architecture and has researched and written about Le Corbusier's work in numerous essays.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
70
120 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 50 s/w Zeichnungen, 120 s/w Abbildungen, 70 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 70 farbige Abbildungen
120 b/w and 70 col. ill., 120 b/w and 70 col. img., 50 b/w ld
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 270 mm
Weight
1131 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0346-0823-7 (9783034608237)
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Flora Samuel ist promovierte Architektin und unterrichtet Entwurf und Architekturgeschichte an der University of Bath, UK.
Flora Samuel holds a PhD in architecture and teaches design and architecture history at University of Bath, UK.
Flora Samuel holds a PhD in architecture and teaches design and architecture history at University of Bath, UK.