Heathcote, Edwin,

Church builders / Edwin Heathcote and Iona Spens. - 224 pages : illustrations (some colour), plans ; 32 cm

Includes index.

Preface -- The Twentieth-Century Church: The Enigma of Sacred Objectivity -- A Matter of Morality -- Arts and Crafts -- Secession: Rationalism and Nationalism -- Gaudi: A Rational Expressionism of Piety -- German Expressionism: The Star and the Sacred Mountain -- Auguste Perret: Prophet of the Modern Church -- Modernism and Liturgical Reform: A Brief Background -- The Church Incarnate: Modernism and the Church -- Switzerland: The Consolidation of Modernism -- Europe between the Wars -- Post-war Developments: Theology and Architecture -- Post-war Germany: A Church Meant for our own Time -- The Church Building as Art: Le Corbusier and the Mediterranean -- United States of America: 'For the Worship of God and the Service of Man' -- South America -- Scandinavia - Modernism: The Organic and the Rational -- Elsewhere in Europe -- Movements of the Spirit -- Maguire and Murray -- Siren Architects -- Justus Dahinden -- Suomalainen Architects -- Richard England -- Philip Johnson -- Iadao Ando -- Mario Botta -- Juha Leiviska -- Imre Makovecz -- Legorreta Arquitectos -- Fay Jones -- Steven Holl Architects -- Maki and Associates -- Alvaro Siza -- Church of the Year 2000, Rome: Tadao Ando, Gunter Behnisch, Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Richard Meier -- Notes -- Index. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII.

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Church architecture
Architecture, Modern--20th century.
Architects

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