Sacred buildings : a design manual / Rudolf Stegers ; contributions by Dorothea Baumann ... [et al. ; translated from German, Julian Reisenberger ; edited by Jasmine Benyamin]
The building of religious structures represents a rare opportunity for the architect to concentrate on the creation of volume, space, and form. Sacred architecture is far less determined than other building tasks by functional requirements, norms, and standards. As a rule, it is free to unfold as pu...
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| Other title: | Entwurfsatlas Sakralbau. English. |
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| Language: | English German |
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Basel ; Boston :
Birkhäuser,
©2008.
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| Series: | Design Manuals.
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Table of Contents:
- Principles of sacred buildings
- Church architecture past and present / Rudolph Stegers
- Synagogue architecture in the recent past and present / Roman Hollenstein
- Mosque architecture past and present / Negar Hakim
- Acoustics in sacred buildings / Dorothea Baumann and Christina Niederstätter
- Light in sacred buildings / Eva-Maria Kreuz
- Selection of projects: Churches. Synagogues. Mosques. Crematoria and chapels of rest
- Appendix.