Utopian Architecture Beyond the Concrete : The Transcendental and the Political Dimension of Laboratories and Religious Spaces

When the Bell Telephone Company built their new research facility in 1957, they did not opt for a functional box but for a cathedral of glass, steel, and concrete, set in a meticulously landscaped park. What can we learn from this striking corporate architecture through which architect Eero Saarinen...

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Main Author:	Christian Preidel
Format:	Book
Published:	transcript 2024
Subjects:	Architecture, Modern > 20th century Visionary architecture Laboratories > Design and construction Religious architecture Architecture, Modern > 21st century
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