Results 1 to 10 of about 2,057,799 (223)

Innovations in sacral architecture: The resettlement churches of Emil Belluš [PDF]

open access: yesArchitecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 2023
The 20th century saw a great breakthrough in architectural innovation; however, this was less evident in sacred buildings. The Evangelical Church of A. C. was inherently innovative, which was also reflected in the architecture of its churches.
Ing. arch. Lívia Búliková
doaj   +3 more sources

Medieval Sacral Architecture in Banská Štiavnica – Architectural Interpretation [PDF]

open access: yesMuzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo
Knowledge about the architectural–historical development of medieval sacral buildings in Banská Štiavnica has gained clearer contours in recent years thanks to many new findings from monument research and published studies that have been processed in the
Lýdia Budayová   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Uniate Sacral Architecture in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: A Synthesis of Confessional Architecture [PDF]

open access: yesMeno Istorija ir Kritika, 2021
The architectural legacy of the Unitarians in the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania has received little attention from researchers to this day. This article presents an architectural synthesis of the Uniate and Order of Basilians that reflected the old ...
Buržinskas Žygimantas
doaj   +3 more sources

Fragments of sacral architecture in the ramparts of medieval Novo Brdo [PDF]

open access: yesZograf, 2022
This paper offers the first overview of the appearance and origin of architectural decorations built into the ramparts of the fort at Novo Brdo. It considers parts of decorations that have a wide repertoire of tracery motifs in shallow relief ...
Bjelić Igor
doaj   +3 more sources

The spirit of modern sacral architecture

open access: yesBudownictwo i Architektura, 2015
Sacral architecture, due to its special function, is able to tremendously influence the society. Being a phenomenon for ages, it has undergone many changes alike the church liturgy, which to some extent impacts the church architecture.
Karolina Zuba
doaj   +4 more sources

Ellipse and Oval in Baroque Sacral Architecture in Slovakia [PDF]

open access: yesCivil and Environmental Engineering, 2017
Oval, circular and elliptic forms appear in the architecture from the very beginning. The basic problem of the geometric analysis of the spaces with an elliptic or oval ground plan is a great sensitivity of the outcome calculations to the plan's ...
Grúňová Zuzana, Holešová Michaela
doaj   +3 more sources

The signs and symbolic markers of sacral orientation in Mosque architecture

open access: yesARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur, 2021
Mosques as a religious building for the Moslem Community have two orientations and they include the Qibla as the main and direction of the sky as the secondary.
Muhammad Rusdi Adiputra, Purnama Salura
doaj   +4 more sources

Sacral Architecture in Poland after 1945 with Particular Reference to the Archdiocese of Częstochowa

open access: yesReligions, 2021
The study attempts to analyze the post-war sacral architecture in Poland based on the example of churches built after 1945 in the area of the present archdiocese of Częstochowa.
Aleksandra Repelewicz
doaj   +2 more sources

The importance of lighting in the interpretations of Christian sacral architecture of the second half of the XX century [PDF]

open access: yesArhitektura i Urbanizam, 2020
The character of architectural space is dependent on the range of aspects that define it. Lighting presents a very significant component of architectural space.
Sovilj Danira
doaj   +2 more sources

Sacral Architecture of Czestochowa—The “Spiritual Capital of Poland” over the Centuries and Nowadays

open access: yesReligions
Częstochowa is a city known as the “spiritual capital of Poland”. The reason behind this name is the sanctuary of Our Lady—”Jasna Góra” monastery—around which a settlement was established, giving rise to the city today.
Aleksandra Repelewicz, Zaruhi Mamyan
doaj   +2 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy