Architecture after God

Architecture after God

Babel Resurgent

By Kyle Dugdale
Hardcover $91.99

$91.99

Publication Date: 22nd February 2023

Architecture after God A vivid retelling of the biblical story of Babel leads from the contested site of Babylon to the soaring towers of the modern metropolis, and sets the bright hopes of early... Read More
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Architecture after God

A vivid retelling of the biblical story of Babel leads from the contested site of Babylon to the soaring towers of the modern metropolis, and sets the bright hopes of early modernism against the shadows of gathering war. Dealing in structural metaphor, utopian aspiration, and geopolitical ambition, Dugdale exposes the inexorable architectural implications of the event described by Nietzsche as the death of God.

The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.

  • Critical reappraisal of early modernism
  • Based on the fable The Emperor and the Architect (1924) by Uriel Birnbaum
  • New volume in the Exploring Architecture series
Details
  • Price: $91.99
  • Pages: 416
  • Carton Quantity: 10
  • Publisher: Birkhäuser
  • Imprint: Birkhäuser
  • Series: Exploring Architecture
  • Publication Date: 22nd February 2023
  • ISBN: 9783035624991
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
    ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching
Reviews

“This incredibly detailed and wide-ranging study of the impact of the Tower of Babylon on both ancient, medieval and modern history is recommended for academic Jewish libraries which are looking to collect works on architecture, Biblical/Near Eastern studies, history, and theology.”  Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews  (July /August 2023)

Author Bio

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.

Architecture after God

A vivid retelling of the biblical story of Babel leads from the contested site of Babylon to the soaring towers of the modern metropolis, and sets the bright hopes of early modernism against the shadows of gathering war. Dealing in structural metaphor, utopian aspiration, and geopolitical ambition, Dugdale exposes the inexorable architectural implications of the event described by Nietzsche as the death of God.

The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics.

  • Critical reappraisal of early modernism
  • Based on the fable The Emperor and the Architect (1924) by Uriel Birnbaum
  • New volume in the Exploring Architecture series
  • Price: $91.99
  • Pages: 416
  • Carton Quantity: 10
  • Publisher: Birkhäuser
  • Imprint: Birkhäuser
  • Series: Exploring Architecture
  • Publication Date: 22nd February 2023
  • ISBN: 9783035624991
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
    ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching

“This incredibly detailed and wide-ranging study of the impact of the Tower of Babylon on both ancient, medieval and modern history is recommended for academic Jewish libraries which are looking to collect works on architecture, Biblical/Near Eastern studies, history, and theology.”  Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews  (July /August 2023)

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.