Constructing the ineffable :  contemporary sacred architecture /  txt 
Karla Cavarra Britton, editor. 
 - 244 p.  ill. (some col.)  27 cm.  book 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Prologue : the case for sacred architecture  The earth, the temple and today  Untimely meditations on the need for sacred architecture  Architecture, memory and the sacred  Revealing concealment  Constructing the immaterial in spaces large and small  Rudolf Schwarz and Mies van der Rohe : the form of the spirit  The secular spirituality of Tadao Ando  Temples of light  Visionaries or lunatics? : architects of sacred space, even in outer space  The tribe versus the city-state : a conundrum for the Jewish project  Jubilee Church (Dio Padre misericordioso), Rome  Architecture as a vehicle for religious experience : the Los Angeles Cathedral  Faith and form : contemporary space for worship and pilgrimage  Theistic--polytheistic--non-theistic  The architecture of memory : seeking the sacred  The contemporary mosque  Epilogue : on the relevance of sacred architecture today  Karla Cavarra Britton --  Vincent Scully --  Kartsten Harries --  Miroslav Volf --  Mark C. Taylor --  Emilie M. Townes --  Thomas H. Beeby --  Kenneth Frampton --  Diana Eck --  Jaime Lara --  Stanley Tigerman --  Richard Meier --  Rafael Moneo --  Fariborz Sahba --  Steven Holl (with David Van der Leer) --  Moshe Safdie -- Is there a religious space in the twenty-first century?  Peter Eisenman --  Zaha Hadid --  Paul Goldberger. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300170375 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010037918 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religious architecture<br/>Architecture and society.--History--20th century.<br/>Architecture, Modern--21st century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA4600  / C62 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>726