Main entry:

Lindstrom, Randall S., author.

Title & Author:

Kenosis creativity architecture : appearance through emptying / Randall S. Lindstrom.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
©2021

Description:

xii, 260 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Series:

Routledge research in architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : awaiting kenosis -- Kenosis : a synpotic view -- Modernism and essense : Kahn at the Salk Institute -- Post-modernism and empathy : Pei at the Museum of Islamic Art -- Neo-modernism and nothingness : Ando at the Church of the Light -- Critical-modernism and kindness : Libeskind at the Jewish Museum Berlin -- Turning away and turning back : the end of architecture -- Conclusion : the grace of dis-grace.

Summary:

"Kenosis, Creativity, and Architecture locates and explores creativity's grounding in the ancient concept of kenosis, the "emptying" that allows creativity to happen; that makes appearance possible. It concretises that grounding through architecture-a primal expression of human creativity-critically examining, for the first time, kenotic instantiations evidenced in four iconic, international projects; works by Kahn, Pei, Ando, and Libeskind. Then, in a final turn, the potentiality of architecture's own emptying is probed. Architect and author, Randall Lindstrom, draws on Western and Eastern philosophy, including that of Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Vattimo, Nishida, and Nishitani, as well as on the theology of Christianity, Judaism, and aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. Every chapter expands the argument that, if responsiveness to our world is taken seriously-if proper and sustainable responses are to be realised-then a deeper understanding of creativity, and so kenosis, is essential. This book opens-up a way of thinking about creativity and humanity's readiness to be creative. It thereby presents a crucial enquiry-at the nexus of architecture, philosophy, and theology-for researchers, graduate and postgraduate students, and practitioners alike"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780367522186 hardcover
0367522187 hardcover
electronic book
9781003056973
electronic publication
9781000347722
9781000347708

Subject:

Architecture and philosophy.
Emptiness (Philosophy)
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Architecture et philosophie.
Vide (Philosophie)

Added entries:

Routledge research in architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309599
Call No.: BIB 254815
Status: Available