Architecture and engineering

About the discipline

Humans have long sought to manifest their religious beliefs through physical structure, the veritable “scripture in stone.” From ziggarats rising to the heavens to Baroque cathedrals expressing Christian beliefs and stories in visual form, physical structures communicate religious ideals in shape and orientation. Read More »

Articles

  • “Viewing the Liturgy: A Space Syntax Study of Changing Visibility and Accessibility in the Development of the Byzantine Church in Jordan” by Clark, David L. Chatford. World Archaeology. 39, no. 1 (2007): 84-104.
  • “Politics, National Symbols and the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral” by Lavinia, Stan and Lucian Turcescu. Europe-Asia Studies. 58, no. 7 (2006): 1119-39.
  • “Building Churches in Armenia: Art at the Borders of Empire and the Edge of the Canon” by Christian Maranci. Art Bulletin. 88, no. 4 (2006): 656-75.
  • “Domestic Sacral Space in the Florentine Renaissance Palace” by Philip Mattox. Renaissance Studies. 20, no. 5 (2006): 658-73.
  • “The Future of Defunct Religious Buildings: Dutch Approaches to Their Adaptive Re-use” by Kirsten Velthuis and Dirk H. R. Spennemann. Cultural Trends. 16 no. 1 (2007): 43-66.
  • “Locating Religious Experience: The Interaction of Images and Architecture, Space and Action” by Beth Williamson. Art History. 29, no. 5 (2006): 931-7.
  • “Engineering and Religion” by Dugald C Jackson. Science. Volume 92, Issue 2389, (1940) pp. 324-326.
  • “Congregation vs. Preservation: Two Perspectives on Sacred Space” by Roger K. Lewis. The Washington Post. Sept. 13, 2008.
  • “A Return to Architectural Traditions” by Brenda Goodman. The New York Times. Sept. 22, 2007.
  • “Building firm wins green award for academy” by Neil Hodgson. Liverpool Daily Echo. June 22, 2007.
  • “Symposium on Buddhism explores how modern-day believers are affected by scientific developments” by Liaw Wy-Cin. The Straits Times (Singapore). July 19, 2008.
  • “Radicalism Among Muslim Professionals Worries Many” Hassan M. Fattah, Suha Maayeh and Nada Bakri. The New York Times. July 14, 2007.
  • “A coconut is a terrible thing to waste, Baylor researchers believes” by Kaitlin Chapman. The Baptist Standard. Religion Blog (Dallas Morning News) Sept. 11, 2008.
  • “Theology in built environments: exploring religion, architecture, and design” by G.T. Buggeln. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 47:3 (2009): 492.

Books

  • Houses of God: Region, Religion & Architecture in the United States. Peter W. Williams. University of Illinois Press, 2000.
  • Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Architecture for Liberal Religion. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
  • Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesqueto Gothic in European Architecture. David Stephenson. New York, 2009.
  • Worship, Acoustics and Architecture. Cirillo, Ettore and Francesco Martellotta. Essex, 2007.
  • Sacred Buildings: A Design Manual. Rudolf Stegers. Basel, 2008.
  • Religion, learning, and science in the ʻAbbasid period. M. J. L. Young, John Derek Latham, Robert Bertram Serjeant. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  • Steeples and Stacks: Religion and Steel Crisis in Youngstown, Ohio (Cambridge Studies in Religion and American Public Life) Cambridge University Press, 1989.
  • Engineering Ethics – International Library of Essays in Public and Professional Ethics. Michael Davis. Ashgate, 2005.
  • Exit Architecture: Design Between War and Peace. Stephan Trüby. Springer, 2008.

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  • Clark, David L. Chatford. “Viewing the Liturgy: A Space Syntax Study of Changing Visibility and Accessibility in the Development of the Byzantine Church in Jordan. World Archaeology. 39, no. 1 (2007): 84-104.
  • Lavinia, Stan and Lucian Turcescu. “Politics, National Symbols and the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral.” Europe-Asia Studies. 58, no. 7 (2006): 1119-39.
  • Maranci, Christian. “Building Churches in Armenia: Art at the Borders of Empire and the Edge of the Canon.” Art Bulletin. 88, no. 4 (2006): 656-75.
  • Mattox, Philip. “Domestic Sacral Space in the Florentine Renaissance Palace.” Renaissance Studies. 20, no. 5 (2006): 658-73.
  • Velthuis, Kirsten and Dirk H. R. Spennemann. “The Future of Defunct Religious Buildings: Dutch Approaches to Their Adaptive Re-use.” Cultural Trends. 16 no. 1 (2007): 43-66.
  • Williamson, Beth. “Locating Religious Experience: The Interaction of Images and Architecture, Space and Action.” Art History. 29, no. 5 (2006): 931-7.

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