About the Author

Julio Bermudez is an associate professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, The Catholic University of America.

Reviews

"thoughtful and thought-provoking illustrate the richness and the elusiveness of the idea of transcendence in architecture."--D. Sachs, Kansas State University, CHOICE "A hope that doing good by and through architecture might help us to transform the post-metropolis, and the landscapes carrying it, into a space that is habitable for all beings. Spatial design develops in such a hope in synergy, with the life-giving Holy Spirit who takes place."--Sigurd Bergmann, Faith & Form: the Interfaith Journal on Religion, Art and Architecture "The book is an excellent interdisciplinary study of a critically important topic, and essential for academic libraries"--Daniel Bioce, Catholic Library World "Transcending Architecture is an important and timely contribution to the study of sacred architecture and its relation to the numinous. In a time when religion is part of the world's political and sociocultural discourse it is important to revisit the issues of the relation of the sacred and humans. The significance of this volume is in its contribution to the examination of how the physical footprint of sacred spaces brings the human closer to the divine across faith, culture, and time."--Anat Geva, associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M University