Edited by Jeroen Visschers, Laura Cramwinckel, Kris Coenengrachts, Tom Olsen. Text by Vincent Valentijn, Kim Verhoeven. Contributions by Douglas Davies, Laura Cramwinckel, Marina Sozzi.
As people make considered choices about their own lives and deaths, cremation has become an increasingly popular option in Europe, representing a recent but accelerating change in funerary practices. What do these spaces actually look like? What role does architecture play in these rituals?
Considering precisely these questions, the authors of Goodbye Architecture embarked on a unique tour of European architecture. For the first time, the spaces and practices of cremation—the sites of some of our deepest desires and fears about life and death—receive serious architectural consideration. A wide range of facilities are documented in this volume with extensive illustrations and analyses, providing a glimpse of an essential architecture often hidden in plain sight.
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FORMAT: Hbk, 8 x 9.75 in. / 280 pgs / 50 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $80.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $107.5 ISBN: 9789462084247 PUBLISHER: nai010 publishers AVAILABLE: 8/28/2018 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Out of stock TERRITORY: NA LA ME
Goodbye Architecture The Architecture of Crematoria in Europe
Published by nai010 publishers. Edited by Jeroen Visschers, Laura Cramwinckel, Kris Coenengrachts, Tom Olsen. Text by Vincent Valentijn, Kim Verhoeven. Contributions by Douglas Davies, Laura Cramwinckel, Marina Sozzi.
As people make considered choices about their own lives and deaths, cremation has become an increasingly popular option in Europe, representing a recent but accelerating change in funerary practices. What do these spaces actually look like? What role does architecture play in these rituals?
Considering precisely these questions, the authors of Goodbye Architecture embarked on a unique tour of European architecture. For the first time, the spaces and practices of cremation—the sites of some of our deepest desires and fears about life and death—receive serious architectural consideration. A wide range of facilities are documented in this volume with extensive illustrations and analyses, providing a glimpse of an essential architecture often hidden in plain sight.
