Main entry:

Stegers, Rudolf.

Title & Author:

Sacred buildings : a design manual / Rudolf Stegers ; contributions by Dorothea Baumann [and others] ; translation from German, Julian Reisenberger.

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, ©2008.

Description:

247 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 34 cm

Notes:
Translation statement from title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index.
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.

Summary:

The building of religious structures represents a rare opportunity for the architect to concentrate on the creation of volume, space, and form. This volume introduces the design, technical, and planning fundamentals of building churches, synagogues and mosques, and also presents about 70 realized structures from recent years.

ISBN:

9783764366834 (hbk.)
3764366834 (hbk.)
9783764366841 (German language ed.)
3764366842 (German language ed.)

Subject:

Religious architecture Design and construction.
Religious architecture.
Architecture religieuse.
religious buildings.
Religiösa byggnader design och konstruktion 1900-talet sekelskiftet 2000.
Kyrkor design och konstruktion 1900-talet sekelskiftet 2000.
Moskéer design och konstruktion 1900-talet sekelskiftet 2000.
Synagogor design och konstruktion 1900-talet sekelskiftet 2000.

Added entries:

Baumann, Dorothea.
Reisenberger, Julian.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258054
Call No.: BIB 188645
Status: Available