Building Type Basics for Places of Worship (Building Type Basics)

Building Type Basics for Places of Worship (Building Type Basics)

Editorial Reviews Book Description Covers a wide variety of religious facilities, including churches of various denominations, mausoleums, synagogues, mosques, temples, and educational spaces. * Covers issues such as consensus-based decision making, site selection, renovation, and code compliance, as well as working closely with parishioners during the decision making process, incorporating iconography, and the emotional impact of space. * The author has more than 25 years of professional experience, including a management role in the design and construction of the $163 million Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. From the Inside Flap Building Type Basics for Places of Worship presents practical guidelines and inspirational design ideas to jump-start a broad range of religious building projects. To steer the project team to sound decisions early in the planning cycle, Nicholas Roberts, a renowned architect of places of worship, provides guidelines, advice, and lessons learned from a variety of actual design projects for churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples. Descriptive illustrations and need-to-know information cover such essential topics as consensus-based decision-making, site selection and planning, worship space design, art and furnishing selection, historic renovation, code compliance, and more.

This indispensable guide:

• Asks and answers twenty questions that frequently arise in the early phases of a project commission
• Provides project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details
• Includes design guidelines for a variety of places of worship, including some of the most innovative contemporary designs

This conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluable guide for busy, dedicated professionals who want to get moving quickly as they embark on a new project. Like every Building Type Basics book, it provides authoritative, up-to-date information instantly and saves architects and facility planners countless hours of research.

Engineering consultants will also find in this volume a wealth of information to help them tackle religious facility commissions of every kind and scale. Building Type Basics for Places of Worship (Building Type Basics)

Building Type Basics for Places of Worship (Building Type Basics),Nicholas W. Roberts,Wiley,0471225681,Architecture,Building Construction,Church architecture,Construction - General,Design & Drafting,Designs and plans,Planning,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,Religious Buildings,Religious Buildings Architecture,Religious facilities

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