The Buildings At St John S Abbey Collegeville Minnesota
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The Buildings At St John S Abbey Collegeville Minnesota
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Author : Marcel Breuer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Buildings At St John S Abbey Collegeville Minnesota written by Marcel Breuer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Architecture categories.
The Buildings At St John S Abbey Collegeville Minnesota
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Author : Martin L. Friedman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-05
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Additional Contributor Is Hamilton Smith.
Saint John S Abbey Church
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Author : Victoria M. Young
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Saint John S Abbey Church written by Victoria M. Young and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Architecture categories.
In the 1950s the brethren at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint John the Baptist in Collegeville, Minnesota—the largest Benedictine abbey in the world—decided to expand their campus, including building a new church. From a who’s who of architectural stars—such as Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra, Pietro Belluschi, Barry Byrne, and Eero Saarinen—the Benedictines chose a former member of the Bauhaus, Marcel Breuer. In collaboration with the monks, this untested religious designer produced a work of modern sculptural concrete architecture that reenvisioned what a church could be and set a worldwide standard for midcentury religious design. Saint John’s Abbey Church documents the dialogue of the design process, as Breuer instructed the monks about architecture and they in turn guided him and his associates in the construction of a sacred space in the crucial years of liturgical reform. A reading of letters, drawings, and other archival materials shows how these conversations gave shape to design elements from the church’s floor plan to the liturgical furnishings, art, and incomparable stained glass installed within it. The book offers a rare detailed view of how a patron and architect work together in a successful building campaign—one that, in this case, lasted for two decades and resulted in designs for twelve buildings, ten of which were completed. The post–World War II years were critical in the development of religious and architectural experiences in the United States—experiences that came together in the construction of Saint John’s Abbey and University Church and that find their full expression in Victoria M. Young’s account of the process. Using the liturgy of the mid-twentieth century as a cornerstone for understanding the architecture produced to support it, her book showcases the importance of modernism in the design of sacred space, and of Marcel Breuer’s role in setting the standard.
Marcel Breuer
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language : en
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Release Date : 1961
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Adventure In Architecture
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language : en
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Release Date : 1958
Adventure In Architecture written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Monasteries categories.
Here, in words and pictures, is the most exciting architectural story since the building of the great medieval churches in Europe, the grand plan on which a monastic community in Collegeville, Minnesota, and a world-famous architect -Marcel Breuer- have embarked. At the beginning, the Benedictine community of St. John's was considering only the addition of a small brick annex. But as the work progressed, the project evolved into a comprehensive, long-range plan for 19 new buildings. Each new building must be planned for the growth of the community in its several functions: as church, seminary, university, monastery and preparatory school. The Abbot summed up the feeling of the community in his letter to the 12 leading architects who were asked to submit plans for the buildings: "The Benedictine tradition at its best challenges us to think boldly and to cast our ideals in forms which will be valid for centuries to come, shaping them with all the genius of present-day materials and techniques." Functional and artistic success in such a building program depends upon the sensitivity of both patron and architect and the cooperative spirit that is engendered between them. The partnership between the community and Breuer has proved to be as productive as that of any of the great church builders of the Middle Ages. The scope and creativity of Breuer's master 100-year-plan and the spirit of cooperation between him and the monks, who are doing much of the actual labor themselves, have impressed architects all over the world. Hungarian-born Marcel Breuer, who first won recognition for his work with the Bauhaus group in Germany in the 1920's, subsequently taught at the Harvard School of Architecture. He has been practicing in this country and in Europe for 20 years; during this time, his outstanding works have been the church of St. John's Abbey, the UNESCO Building in Paris, the Torrington Manufacturing Plant in Los Angeles and the New Kensington Housing Project in Pittsburgh. A book about his work and ideas, Sun and Shadow, was published last year. -- from dust jacket.
Abbey And University Church Of Saint John The Baptist
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Author : St. John's Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Abbey And University Church Of Saint John The Baptist written by St. John's Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Benefactors categories.
List of donors to the building of the church.
The Saint John S Bible
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
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Abbey And University Church Of Saint John The Baptist
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Author : St. John's Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Abbey And University Church Of Saint John The Baptist written by St. John's Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Church architecture categories.
Marcel Breuer And A Committee Of Twelve Plan A Church
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Author : Hilary Thimmesh
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2011
Marcel Breuer And A Committee Of Twelve Plan A Church written by Hilary Thimmesh and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Architecture categories.
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. Hamilton Smith, Breuer's longtime associate, wrote that the completed church was that rare thing, an architectural design fully realized, and he regarded it as Breuer's finest achievement. The junior member of the twelve-monk planning committee recounts in warm and frequently humorous detail how its members related to the Hungarian-born Bauhaus-trained architect who had no background in church architecture but shared their belief in the enduring quality of simple materials sympathetically used. How the strong architect-client relationship survived the strain of disagreement at a critical moment in completion of the church is the narrative high point in this informal record of four years in which the reader sees a masterpiece of modern church architecture take shape.
Encyclopedia Of Monasticism A L
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Author : William M. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2000
Encyclopedia Of Monasticism A L written by William M. Johnston and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.