Contemporary Church Architecture

The last decade has seen the emergence of a whole new generation of church designs. Covering buildings across the world, Contemporary Church Architecture aims to appeal not only to architects and clergy involved directly in ecclesiastical architecture but also other practitioners and those with a broader interest in cutting-edge design. This book covers the development of contemporary church design by looking at how the rational and the sacred can be reconciled and can inform one another. It also outlines the main trends and approaches: the conflict between self-expression and expression of the sacred, between sculptural signification and functionalism. Beautifully illustrated with around 350 photographs.

Edwin Heathcote is the architecture critic for the Financial Times and is a regular contributor to architecture and design magazines. He is an architect and lives and works in London. In 2001, he founded a design manufacturer, Izé specialising in architect-designed hardware. He is the author of several books for Wiley-Academy, including Church Builders (1996) and London Caffs (2004).

Laura Moffatt is Director of Art and Christianity Enquiry (ACE), the UK's leading educational organisation in the field of the visual arts and religion. ACE runs a biennial award scheme for religious architecture and regular seminars on the synthesis of art and architecture in the religious context. Laura is also continuing a theological study of Modernist church architecture.

Introduction
Naked Churches
Expression and Repression
Santo Ovidio Estate Chapel
Night Pilgrimage Chapel
Los Nogales School Chapel
Carmelite Monastery Chapel and Sacristy
Oberrealta Chapel
Chapel of St Mary of the Angels
Private Chapel
Church of St Thomas Aquinas
Church of St John the Baptist
Jesuit Retreat Chapel
Church of San Giovanni Rotondo
Christ Church
Mortensrud Church
Paper Church
Church of the Sacred Heart
Church of Santa Maria
Jubilee Church
Novy Dvur Monastery
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Yancey Chapel
Chapel of St Ignatius
Harajyuku Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parish Centre
Faith House
Korean Presbyterian Church of New York
Antioch Baptist Church
St Stephen's Church
The Christ Pavilion
Select Bibliography
Index
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Contemporary Church Architecture

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