Nouvelles architectures sacrées

Nouvelles architectures sacrées: For centuries, architecture has benefited from religious commissions, which have given it the opportunity to invent and experiment on a scale that was not possible with simple individual or even institutional buildings. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, this is still true, and many architects are discovering that the design of a sacred building offers stimulating experiences, whether in terms of form, function or materials. This book is a timely testimony to the emergence of a new interest in religious beliefs, reflected in the emergence of cultural and architectural exchanges in the field of sacred spaces on a global scale. From Rafael Moneo's Los Angeles Cathedral to Thomas Heatherwick's Japanese Buddhist temple, from John Pawson's Cistercian monastery in the Czech Republic to Richard Meier's Church of the Jubilee in Rome, New Sacred Architectures reflects not only a new look at religious architecture, but also a bubbling cultural melting pot where the most demanding aesthetic and spiritual ideals merge across political and religious boundaries.