Religious

A close analysis of the architecture of the stupa-a Buddhist symbolic form that is found throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. The author, who trained as an architect, examines both the physical and metaphysical levels of these buildings, which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061154300Author Philip BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 386g

Temples for a Modern God is one of the first major studies of American religious architecture in the postwar period, and it reveals the diverse and complicated set of issues that emerged just as one of the nation's biggest building booms unfolded. Jay...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907841170Author Revel BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint PalatinoPublisher Revel Barker

At the height of the middle ages, there were hundreds of abbeys and priories throughout England. The ruins of some of those that were destroyed at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries are today seen as iconic medieval buildings - such as...

Germany is currently experiencing an intense debate about the reconstruction of synagogues that were destroyed under Nazi rule in the 1930s, and the related search for an appropriate architectural expression of Jewish life and culture in the country's...

Modern Architecture and the Sacred provides a timely reappraisal of the many ways in which architecture and the sacred have overlapped in the 20th century. A wide range of case studies are presented through 16 contributed chapters - including the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614910046Author Hamdan TahaFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Oriental Institute of the University of ChicagoPublisher Oriental Institute of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993306938Author Nicholas GrovesFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Lasse PressPublisher Lasse Press

English cathedrals, including Canterbury, Durham, Winchester and York, are the greatest collective work of art and architecture in Britain, reflecting over a thousand years of history. "English Cathedrals" is an account of their foundation, construction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993306983Author David LuckhurstFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Lasse PressPublisher Lasse Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873027110Author Lynne Mary BroughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Ely Cathedral PublicationsPublisher Ely Cathedral Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906714888Author Fiona MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Book HousePublisher Salariya Book Company Ltd

Before the Mughal style came to dominate the Islamic architecture of the Indian sub-continent, Bengal and its rulers had developed their own forms. The mosque architecture of the Independent Sultanate period (from the 14th to the 16th centuries)...

In White Elephants on Campus: The Decline of the University Chapel in America, 1920-1960, Margaret M. Grubiak persuasively argues, through a careful selection of case studies, that the evolution of the architecture of new churches and chapels built on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860545323Author Darrell LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 425Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

Temples for a Modern God is one of the first major studies of American religious architecture in the postwar period, and it reveals the diverse and complicated set of issues that emerged just as one of the nation's biggest building booms unfolded. Jay...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891305248Author Marilyn Joyce ChiatFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Scholars PressPublisher Scholars PressWeight(grams) 615g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860545149Author K. Theocharidou-TsapraleFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999557297Author Robert Francis MurrayFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint New Academia Publishing/VellumPublisher New Academia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999557280Author Robert Francis MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint New Academia Publishing/VellumPublisher New Academia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976223245Author Clive RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Allenco Publishing IncPublisher Allenco Publishing IncWeight(grams) 132g

With meticulous research and carefully chosen illustrations, Phoebe Stanton here explores the influence of the English Gothic revival on American church architecture in the mid-nineteenth century, arguing that this fundamentally conservative movement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999480731Author Karen Crowley-SusaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Triple Enclosure PublishingPublisher Triple Enclosure PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646835433Author Metin MustafaFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and CivilisationPublisher Centre for Ottoman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513218984Author Henry AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Mint EdPublisher Mint EdWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780540010783Author W. RodwellFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Philip'sPublisher Philip's

This book is a vivid, richly illustrated exploration of the symbolism and significance of sacred architectural forms - from spires and minarets to pyramids and temples and of how different cultures translate their complex beliefs into physical structures...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951770092Author Pamela CunningtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780850253306Author H.Miles BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Tor Mark PressPublisher Tor Mark Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905638604Author Fiona MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Book HousePublisher Salariya Book Company Ltd

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Churches and cathedrals are visited by millions of tourists as well as worshippers each year. But many people do not realise that church buildings are packed with images, symbols and meanings that often need explanation. This handy guide will unlock all...

Exterior drawings of 1823 to accompany Manning and Bray's History of Surrey.Book InformationISBN 9780850333619Author C T CracklowFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Phillimore & Co LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm)...

Situated at the crossroads of missionary history, imperial history, and colonial architecture, the contributions in this volume investigate the architectural staging and spatial implications of the worldwide expansion of Christianity in the nineteenth...

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame contains one of the largest collections of late nineteenth-century French stained glass outside of France. The French Gothic-inspired church has forty-four large stained glass windows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389701517Author Arthur Clutton-BrockFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804678077Author Leslie DingleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 319Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 547g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789393693372Author Augustus Welby Northmore PuginFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948049108Author Pino ShahFormat HardbackPage Count 46Imprint Artbypino.comPublisher Artbypino.comWeight(grams) 381g