Contemporary Church Architecture

by Heathcote, Edwin; Moffatt, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780470031568
• ISBN10: 0470031565
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-05
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The last decade has seen the emergence of a whole new generation of church designs. Covering buildings across the world, Contemporary Church Architecture aims to appeal not only to architects and clergy involved directly in ecclesiastical architecture but also other practitioners and those with a broader interest in cutting-edge design. This book covers the development of contemporary church design by looking at how the rational and the sacred can be reconciled and can inform one another. It also outlines the main trends and approaches: the conflict between self-expression and expression of the sacred, between sculptural signification and functionalism. Beautifully illustrated with around 350 photographs.

Author Biography

Edwin Heathcote is the architecture critic for the Financial Times and is a regular contributor to architecture and design magazines. He is an architect and lives and works in London. In 2001, he founded a design manufacturer, Izé specialising in architect-designed hardware. He is the author of several books for Wiley-Academy, including Church Builders (1996) and London Caffs (2004).

Laura Moffatt is Director of Art and Christianity Enquiry (ACE), the UK's leading educational organisation in the field of the visual arts and religion. ACE runs a biennial award scheme for religious architecture and regular seminars on the synthesis of art and architecture in the religious context. Laura is also continuing a theological study of Modernist church architecture.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Naked Churches

Expression and Repression

Santo Ovidio Estate Chapel

Night Pilgrimage Chapel

Los Nogales School Chapel

Carmelite Monastery Chapel and Sacristy

Oberrealta Chapel

Chapel of St Mary of the Angels

Private Chapel

Church of St Thomas Aquinas

Church of St John the Baptist

Jesuit Retreat Chapel

Church of San Giovanni Rotondo

Christ Church

Mortensrud Church

Paper Church

Church of the Sacred Heart

Church of Santa Maria

Jubilee Church

Novy Dvur Monastery

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Yancey Chapel

Chapel of St Ignatius

Harajyuku Church

Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parish Centre

Faith House

Korean Presbyterian Church of New York

Antioch Baptist Church

St Stephen's Church

The Christ Pavilion

Select Bibliography

Index

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