Architecture after God : babel resurgent / Kyle Dugdale ; editor David Marold, Bettina R. Algieri ; proofreading Sue Pickett ; typesetting Ekke Wolf.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: Austria : Birkhauser, 2023Copyright date: ©2023 Description: 438 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 978303562499 (hardback)Subject(s): Architecture | ArtLOC classification: NA2500 .D84 A73 Summary: Architecture after God
A vivid retelling of the biblical story of Babel leads from the contested site of Babylon to the soaring towers of the modern metropolis, and sets the bright hopes of early modernism against the shadows of gathering war. Dealing in structural metaphor, utopian aspiration, and geopolitical ambition, Dugdale exposes the inexorable architectural implications of the event described by Nietzsche as the death of God.
The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.
Critical reappraisal of early modernism
Based on the fable The Emperor and the Architect (1924) by Uriel Birnbaum
New volume in the Exploring Architecture series. -backover- https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783035625028/html
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi | Genel Koleksiyon | NA 2500 .D84 A73 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0023909 |
" For God is in the heavens, and thou art on the earth : therefore let thy words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:1, with regrets."
Architecture after God
A vivid retelling of the biblical story of Babel leads from the contested site of Babylon to the soaring towers of the modern metropolis, and sets the bright hopes of early modernism against the shadows of gathering war. Dealing in structural metaphor, utopian aspiration, and geopolitical ambition, Dugdale exposes the inexorable architectural implications of the event described by Nietzsche as the death of God.
The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.
Critical reappraisal of early modernism
Based on the fable The Emperor and the Architect (1924) by Uriel Birnbaum
New volume in the Exploring Architecture series. -backover-
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783035625028/html