Architecture after the Death of God
What has been the impact on architecture of the event Nietzsche called the death of God? What building exemplifies the impact of this metaphysical upheaval on the physical constructions of modernity?
Uriel Birnbaum's fable in which an emperor commissions an architect to build heaven on earth, Peter Sloterdijk's architectural critique, the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, the historical events of the 20th century, and other intellectual approaches form the starting points for a critical reflection on early modernism, with which Dugdale invites us to rethink this era.
The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.
Architecture after the Death of God
What has been the impact on architecture of the event Nietzsche called the death of God? What building exemplifies the impact of this metaphysical upheaval on the physical constructions of modernity?
Uriel Birnbaum's fable in which an emperor commissions an architect to build heaven on earth, Peter Sloterdijk's architectural critique, the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, the historical events of the 20th century, and other intellectual approaches form the starting points for a critical reflection on early modernism, with which Dugdale invites us to rethink this era.
The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.
Kyle Dugdale teaches history, theory, and design at Yale School of Architecture. He holds an undergraduate degree from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, a professional degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and a doctoral degree from Yale. A resident of New York City and a licensed architect, he has also taught at Columbia and at the City College of New York. He is a Senior Fellow in the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. His research has been supported by the Society of Architectural Historians, the Bibliographical Society of America, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and his work has been published in journals including Perspecta, Thresholds, Utopian Studies, and Wolkenkuckucksheim.
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