AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIC STUDY ON THE BRITISH & FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY IN THE MODERN AGE (PART 1) : THE PLANNING PROCESS AND SPATIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF KOBE DEPOT

Abstract

From the beginning of 20^th century, BFBS has established a broad network of translating and sailing Christ Bible with Shanghai Bible House as a head quarter in East Asia. Studies on Bible linguistics and Christ theology have been developed, however, BFBS’s architectural history has not yet been paid attention until its archives were discovered by the author in 2012.

To that extent, this paper tries to clarify the planning process and architectural design of Kobe depot in 1906-1910, aiming to provide a basic knowledge on the architectural compositions and spatial characteristic of BFBS depot in Modern East Asia.