Utopian Architecture Beyond the Concrete - The Transcendental and the Political Dimension of Laboratories and Religious Spaces

When the Bell Telephone Company built their new research facility in 1957, they did not opt for a functional box but for a cathedral of glass, steel, and concrete, set in a meticulously landscaped park. What can we learn from this striking corporate architecture through which architect Eero Saarinen expressed that man had mastered nature and would solve all future problems? What can churches learn, which have also built striking concrete structures throughout the 1960s - buildings whose roofs are now leaking and whose heating systems are no longer operational? Christian Preidel argues that building today is not a symphony in glass and concrete but a social endeavour where people (and material) come together.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Preidel
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2024
• EAN: 9783837673586
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7358-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 14 mm x 224 mm
• Weight: 348 g
• Illustrations: 8 SW-Abb., 1 Farbabb.
• Series: Religionswissenschaft
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Religion, Religion, Religionsphilosophie, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Architecture, Space, Sociology of Religion, Religious Studies, Religion, allgemein, Globalization, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social Mobility, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism, Religion: general, Communities, Social Work, History of Religion, Migration, immigration & emigration, auseinandersetzen, Urban & municipal planning, Social research & statistics, Population & demography, Human Geography, Urban communities, Sociology and anthropology, Constitution: government & the state, Computer industry, Regional government, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social problems and services, Social processes, Groups of people, Political science (Politics and government), Philosophy and theory of religion, Education, research, related topics of history