Modern church architecture : a guide to the form and spirit of 20th century religious buildings / by Albert Christ-Janer and Mary Mix Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christ-Janer, Albert, 1909-1973.

Foley, Mary Mix, author.

Contributor:

Bohlmeyer, Frederick W., Former owner.

Series:

Dodge books.

Dodge books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church architecture.

Church decoration and ornament.

Genre:

Bookplates.

Physical Description:

333 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Dodge Book Dept., McGraw-Hill, 1962.

Summary:

Presents forty examples of twentieth-century Catholic and Protestant architecture, including monasteries and seminaries as well as church buildings. From Perret's Church of Notre Dame, Le Raincy, France, to Niemeyer's plans for the Cathedral of Brasilia. Several of the buildings are in the United States.

Contents:

Contemporary Catholic architecture / Rev. Edward J. Sutfin and Maurice Lavanoux

Search for structure: reinforced concrete. Concrete frame: Church of Notre Dame / Auguste Perret ; Folded slab: Priory of St. Anselm / Antonin Raymond and L.L. Rado ; Warped slab: Church of La Virgen Milagrosa / Felix Candela

Search for simplicity: brick, wood, and stone. Brick: Church of Our Lady of the Lake / Paul Thiry ; Wood: Church of St. Thomas More / Pietro Belluschi ; Stone: Church of St. Sylvester / Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum

Search for enrichment: return of the decorative arts. Surface decoration: Church of St. Anthony the Abbot / Giuseppe Vaccaro ; Stained glass: Church of Maria Königin / Dominikus Böhm

Search for plan: the liturgical revival. L-shape: Church of St. Anna / Rudolf Schwarz ; Ellipse: Church of St. Michael / Rudolf Schwarz ; Rhomboid: Chapel of Nuestra Senora de la Soledad / Felix Candela and Enrique de la Mora y Palomar ; Spiral: Chapel of the President's Palace / Oscar Niemeyer

Search for the artist: a revival of the church as patron of the arts. Church of Notre Dame de Toute Grace / Father Pierre Marie-Alain Couturier ; Chapel of the Rosary / Henri Matisse ; Chapel of St. Pierre / Jean Cocteau

Integration: toward a new church architecture. Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut / Le Corbusier ; Cathedral of Brasilia / Oscar Niemeyer

Contemporary protestant architecture / Dr. Paul Tillich

Lutheran. Stahl Kirche / Otto Bartning ; Zion Lutheran Church / Petro Belluschi ; Christ Church Lutheran / Saarinen, Saarinen & Associates ; Trinity Lutheran / Pietro Belluschi and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Episcopal. Chapel of St. James the Fisherman / Olav Hammarstrom ; Church of the Redeemer / Pietro Belluschi and Rogers, Taliaferro & Lamb ; Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Methodist. Annie Pfeiffer Memorial Chapel / Frank Lloyd Wright ; First Methodist Church / Alden Dow

Presbyterian. First Presbyterian Church / Pietro Belluschi ; Trinity Presbyterian Church / The Architects Collaborative

Reformed: Reformed Church / Werner M. Moser

Congregational: Children's Campus, the Neighborhood Church / Smith & Williams

Baptist: First Baptist Church / E.A. Sovik & Associates

Christian Church-Disciples of Christ: First Christian Church / Eliel Saarinen & Eero Saarinen

Christian Science: First Church of Christ, Scientist / Charles Warren Callister

Unitarian-Universalist. First Universalist Church / Schweikher, Elting & Bennett ; Meeting House of the First Unitarian Society / Frank Lloyd Wright

Monasteries and seminaries: Catholic monastery. Abbey of St. John the Baptist / Marcel Breuer ; Priory of St. Mary and St. Louis / Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum ; Priory of St. Gregory the Great / Pietro Belluschi and Anderson, Beckwith & Haible

Protestant Seminary. Concordia Senior College / Eero Saarinen & Associates ; Golden Gate Theological Seminary / John Carl Warnecke.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum's copy bears bookplate: "Frederick W. Bohlmeyer, architect."

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Frederick Cowan.

OCLC:

1260313