An Architecture of Ineloquence: A Study in Modern Architecture and Religion
Author:   J.K. Birksted
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138251120


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   23 September 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   J.K. Birksted
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138251120


ISBN 10:   1138251127
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   23 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents: Foreword, Jaume Freixa; Preface; ’Ordinary human beings going back and forth’ Work; Archaism; Ineloquence; Concrete as skin; Appendix: chronology of the Carmel de la Paix; Bibliography; Index.

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'Ultimately, Sert and his client produced an architectural work that Birksted describes as ineloquent, a word he uses to convey muteness, blankness, emptiness, devoid of the symbols and pomp that one typically associates with religious architecture. This is as the nuns wished their convent to be-simple, spare, ordinary, ascetic-in order to prepare oneself for the divine.' Journal of Architectural Education


'Ultimately, Sert and his client produced an architectural work that Birksted describes as ineloquent, a word he uses to convey muteness, blankness, emptiness, devoid of the symbols and pomp that one typically associates with religious architecture. This is as the nuns wished their convent to be-simple, spare, ordinary, ascetic-in order to prepare oneself for the divine.' Journal of Architectural Education


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Dr J.K. Birksted is Reader in Architecture at the Bartlett School, University College London, UK.

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