Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Birkhäuser

Sacred Buildings

A Design Manual

  • Book
  • © 2008

Overview

Authors:
  1. Rudolf Stegers
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Systematic, comprehensive, and up-to-date presentation
  • Conveys basic and indispensable knowledge of the building task
  • Examples by internationally renowned architects including Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, mecanoo, Renzo Piano, Peter Zumthor, and others

Part of the book series: Design Manuals (DESMAN)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (74 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-9
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Church Architecture Past and Present

    1. Church Architecture Past and Present

      • Rudolf Stegers
      Pages 10-37

  3. Synagogue Architecture in the Recent Past and Present

    1. Synagogue Architecture in the Recent Past and Present

      • Roman Hollenstein
      Pages 38-45

  4. Mosque Architecture Past and Present

    1. Mosque Architecture Past and Present

      • Negar Hakim
      Pages 46-53

  5. Acoustics in Sacred Buildings

    1. Acoustics in Sacred Buildings

      • D. Baumann, C. Niederstätter
      Pages 54-59

  6. Light in Sacred Buildings

    1. Light in Sacred Buildings

      • Eva-Maria Kreuz
      Pages 60-67

  7. Churches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Axial Plan

      1. Church Centre
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 70-72
      2. Saint Joseph’s Church
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 72-74
      3. Ravnsbjerg Church
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 74-76
      4. Bagsværd Church
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 76-78
      5. Church of the Resurrection of Mary
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 78-80
      6. Thorncrown Chapel
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 80-82
      7. Myyrmäki Church
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 82-86
      8. Church and Chapel in Parque de San Francisco
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 86-90
      9. Brother Claus Church
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 90-94
      10. Sogn Benedetg Chapel
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 94-96
      11. Chapel of the Light
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 96-98
      12. St Florian’s Church
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 98-100
      13. Tornbjerg Church
        • Rudolf Stegers
        Pages 100-102
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

10 ChurchArchitecture PastandPresent RudolfStegers Faith and Religion in the Present Day / Historicismversus Modernity /The Church in the City / EcclesiasticArchitecture from the athto the 19th Century /The Development of Modern Church Architecture / At the Beginning ofthe zist Century /The Sacred and its Relevance for Church Architecture Today 38 SynagogueArchitectureinthe Recent PastandPresent Roman HoHenstein Synagogue Architecture in the zoth Century / Pioneering New Buildings from Louis Kahn to Mario Botta /The Design of the Synagogue Space /ATheory of Synagogue Design / Architectonic Symbols in Germany /Tradition over Experimentation in the United States 46 MosqueArchitecture PastandPresent NegarHakim The Formation and Expansion of Islam / The Mosque as the Centre of Religious Life / The Four Types of Mosques / zoth-Century Mosque Architecture in the Islamic World / 20th-Century Mosque Architecture in the Nations ofthe Diaspora /The Spatial Programme and Arrangement of Modern-DayMosques 54 Acousticsin SacredBuildings Dorothea BaumannandChristina Niederstatter The Sound of Space as a Symbol ofthe Sacred /Architectural Acoustics - The Conflict between Resonance and Clarity / Sound and Sound Propagation / Geometric Analysis / Reflection and Diffraction / Reverberation Time and Absorption / The Number ofPeople / Materials / Special Aspects of Acoustics in Sacred Spaces /Acoustic Analysis 60 Lightin SacredBuildings Eva-Maria Kreuz Light in Churches / Light in Synagogues / Light in Mosques Selection ofProjects CHURCHES AXIAL PLAN CENTRALISE D PLAN 100 146 TornbjergChurch Paper Church Odense Kobe 70 118 Fogh & FolnerArkitektfirma Shigeru Ban Architects Church Centre Church of Our Lady of Lourdes

About the author

Rudolf Stegers is the author of numerous publications and technical articles in the field of architecture. He researched the subject of religious architecture especially in connection with a work on Rudolf Schwarz.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation