This fascinating book recounts the extensive building program that took place at Canterbury Cathedral Priory, England, from 1153 to 1167, during the time when Thomas Becket served as Royal Chancellor
Completed in 2008, the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, is one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings of recent times. Its design, by Craig W. Hartman of Skidmore, Owings
The temples of Cambodia are among the most complex and imposing architectural creations in the world. This book invites the reader to experience those extraordinary sites through remarkable photograph
Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II)It was destroyed nearly 2000 years ago, and yet the Temple of Jerusalem--cultural memory, symbol,
The Parthenon. It was ravaged by the early Christians, occupied by the Turks, and looted by the British. Wars were fought all around it. Plato and Socrates, Phidias and Pericles contemplated philosoph
A beautiful and practical up-to-date guide to over two thousand of Britain's best parish churches.Although now most famous for his poetry, Sir John Betjeman's great passion was churches. For?more than
Internationally renowned architect I. M. Pei commented that if Marcel Breuer's church for Saint John's Abbey had been built in New York instead of the north woods of Minnesota it would be world famous
The ancient churches and cathedrals of England's towns and countryside are among the glories of our national heritage.Yet how were our ancestors able to construct these often substantial edifices with
Ascholarly discussion of Frank Lloyd Wright’s sacred architecture, this bookis supplemented by 170drawings and photographs. These sacred architecture projects represent different per
This illustrated volume is a comprehensive guide to the most important church and chapel buildings in Wales, from the early middle ages to the present. The introduction provides a clear overview, base
In 1845, architect Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc undertook one of the greatest projects in the history of restoration: the 23-year refurbishment of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. This faithful
This ambitious and generously illustrated study is an in-depth account of the architectural character of a vast range of eighteenth-century ecclesiastical buildings, including the Anglican parish chur
