Sacred Buildings (Design Manuals)
Rudolf Stegers
Language: English
Pages: 247
ISBN: 3764366834
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
In a systematic section, this volume introduces the design, technical, and planning fundamentals of building churches, synagogues, and mosques. In its project section, it also presents about seventy realized structures from the last three decades.
s , Angeli, van Vo o len , Edward (Ed .): Jewish Ident ity in Con tem - Gespr ach mit Arch itekt Man uel Herz, in: Kun s t und Kirch e . po rary Archit ect ure, Munich no . 4/ 2001, pp . 252- Schwarz, Han s-Pet er (Ed .]: Die Arch itektur de r Syn agog e, 2 004 ex hihition catalogu e. Stu ttg art 1988 45 NEGAR HAKIM Mosque Architecture Past and Present The mosque is a symbol of Islam and the most important building type in the Islamic world, which today encompasses 40 countries and a
these spa ces - with the holy shrine, the aron ha-kod esh , positioned against the wall that faces Jerusalem or the mihrab, th e deep niche for the imam in the qibla wall that faces Mecca - also have a certain numinous quality. The general expectation is that a sa cred space will conform to acou stic tr adition. One reason for thi s may be that in the clamour and com mo tio n of the world arou nd us, aura l perception has becom e ever more sidelined t o the subconscious. Parad oxically, th is mak
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