Water and Sacred Architecture
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This book examines architectural representations that tie water with the sacred. It addresses aspects such as rituals, pilgrimage, water as a cultural material, hydro systems, modern practices, environmental considerations, the contribution of water to transforming secular into sacred, and digital/cyber context of water and sacredness.

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This book examines architectural representations that tie water with the sacred. It addresses aspects such as rituals, pilgrimage, water as a cultural material, hydro systems, modern practices, environmental considerations, the contribution of water to transforming secular into sacred, and digital/cyber context of water and sacredness.
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Anat Geva, PhD, a registered architect in Israel and Associate Member of the AIA, is Professor Emerita of Architecture in Texas A&M University, and the College of Architecture Outstanding Alumni. She taught design; history/design of sacred architecture; history of building technology; and historic preservation. She published many articles and three books: Frank Lloyd Wright Sacred Architecture: Faith, Form, and Building Technology (Routledge, 2012); Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture (Routledge, 2019); and Israel Architecture as an Experimental Lab for Modern Architecture: 1948-1978: with Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler (Intellect Books, 2020). Geva's forthcoming book The Architecture of Modern American Synagogues (1950s-1960s) is currently in press (Texas A&M University Press). She also has an extensive record of editorial work: being a co-editor of Arris, and founder and co-editor of Preservation Education & Research. She is a recipient of several awards and research grants including the prestigious James Marston Fitch National Award for innovative research in historic preservation.