Architecture after God

Babel Resurgent

Kyle Dugdale

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Birkhauser
30 January 2023

Theory of architecture

Series: Exploring Architecture

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

By: Kyle Dugdale
Imprint: Birkhauser
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm,
Weight: 1.196kg
ISBN: 9783035624991
ISBN 10: 3035624992
Series: Exploring Architecture
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 30 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Architecture after God: Babel Resurgent

"""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)"