TRANSCENDENTAL ARCHITECTURE Contemporary Places Of Worship

Description

Inherent in the brief for a place of worship is the requirement to create a powerful, transcendental experience for the user, a place of refuge and peace. This ephemeral demand in turn requires unusual sensibility and creative genius of the architect, yet also makes the architect’s task particularly intriguing. This special issue analyses the elements architects have at their disposal to conceive transcendental places and sanctuaries conducive to contemplation and prayer, illustrated in seventeen recent projects from around the world, from Archstudio’s Waterside Buddhist Shrine and John McAslan’s Msheireb Mosque, to Wirmboden Alpine Chapel and Skorba Village Centre.

CONTENTS

• Transcendental Architecture – Contemporary Places of Worship / Anna Roos
• Coming Home / Jaap Dawson
• The Votive Chapel / Mario Filippetto Architetto
• Skorba Village Centre / ENOTA
• Our Lady of Fatima Chapel / Plano Humano Arquitectos
• Waterside Buddist Shrine / Archstudio
• Wirmboden Alpine Chapel / Innauer-Matt Architekten
• Saint Elie Church / Maroun Lahoud Architecte
• Chapel of Equilibrium / Álvaro Siza + Carlos Castanheira
• Bahá’í Temple of South America / Hariri Pontarini Architects
• Belarusian Memorial Chapel / Spheron Architects
• St. Wenceslas Church / Atelier Štepán
• Agri Chapel / Yu Momoeda Architecture Office
• Suzhou Chapel / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
• Amir Shakib Arslan Mosque / L.E.FT Architects
• Don Bosco Church in Maribor / Dans Arhitekti
• Bishop Selwyn Chapel / Fearon Hay Architects
• Msheireb Mosque / John McAslan + Partners
• Paulinum, Leipzig University / Design Erick van Egeraat

232 pages, ills colour & bw / 23 x 30 cm / English, Korean