Architecture after God : Babel resurgent / Kyle Dugdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dugdale, Kyle, author.

Series:

Exploring architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2022]

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

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

INTRODUCTION

1. Babel Resurgent

2. Architecture as Metaphor

3. The Claims of Antiquity upon Modernity

4. The Genesis of Architecture

5. The Tower and the Cathedral

6. The Master Builder

7. New Faith, New Architecture

8. Fabricated Glory

9. Death of the Architect

Conclusion

Bibliography

Image Credits

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Imprint.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Dugdale, Kyle Architecture after God

ISBN:

9783035625028

OCLC:

1356994982