
Sacred Concrete
The Churches of Le Corbusier
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
2nd Edition
Published on 8. June 2020
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-3-0356-2171-6 (ISBN)
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Description
Le Corbusier not only designed and built churches, but also engaged intensely with religion and faith and, through his oeuvre, had a significant impact on church architecture of the twentieth century. The book explains Le Corbusier's relationship with religion; it introduces his designs for La Sainte-Baume, the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut de Ronchamp, La Tourette monastery, and the church of St. Pierre, and investigates his impact on the ensuing modern church architecture in Europe. This includes the Jubilee Church by Richard Meier, the Ignatius Chapel by Steven Holl, the Santa Maria Church by Álvaro Siza, Tadao Ando's Meditation Space, and the Chapel of Reconciliation by Reitermann & Sassenroth. For this edition, the introduction, the conclusion, and the bibliography have been revised and supplemented.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
70 farbige Abbildungen, 70 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 50 s/w Zeichnungen, 120 s/w Abbildungen, 120 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
120 b/w and 70 col. ill., 120 b/w and 70 col. img., 50 b/w ld
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm
Width: 21 cm
Weight
1125 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0356-2171-6 (9783035621716)
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
Flora Samuel, Professorin für Architektur an der University of Reading. Dr. Inge Linder-Gaillard, Direktorin der ESAD in Grenoble