Religious Representation in Place brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from the Humanities and Sciences to broaden the understanding of how religious symbols and spatial studies interact. The essays consider the relevance of religion in the experience of space; a fundamental dimension of culture and human life.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A primo treatise on building and cultureBy Llewellyn SeiboldThis book is used as a text in my introductory class on architecture at a university. Although the book is above an introductory level it is the most compelling book on the building culture that I know and students; or readers; will take away an enlightened and comprehensive view of architecture and the culture surrounding it. The author provides a thoroughly researched and historically based account of ideas; precedents and challenges that shaped building cultures and challenges that face the contemporary contemporary building culture as well.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerExcellent book. A must for planners.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The Real ****By Javier RuizThis book is absolutely vital; should be a 101 sort of book for every person involved in construction; and certainly part of every architecture school curriculum. As an architect; I am consistently bombarded with images of flash amazing buildings and projects; but as a person; I see the world is composed of perhaps 2%; if that; of such things. The great depth and breadth of architecture is forged in a manner that has very little to do with Detail or Dwell or Architectural Record (or Architizer these days). This book fills in that 98% and why things are as they are; why great built environments come from a shared base of knowledge and a healthy culture of building; rather than particularly potent designers noted in magazines and art history texts that we tend to fixate upon in the same way that celebrity dominates most fields of human endeavor. (Wow; such a run-on sentence; good thing I am not an author!) Highly recommended; one of my favorite books concerning my profession.
