We must ask ourselves some difficult questions about the identity and messages that we want to convey through our architecture.
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Tag: Architecture
Liturgical stage fright – On stopping platform worship
Liturgy must be spatially activated so that it takes place among the assembly, not simply before their eyes.
Read moreThe Best Modern Churches of the UK
“It’s not 60s flares, really, which soon die and you’re embarrassed by. There’s something very ancient about this building, which gives it a rootedness.”
Read moreAuthenticity in Church Architecture
“Modernizing the Catholic Church usually doesn’t refer to architecture. But it should.”
Read moreModern or Traditional? – 10 Thought Provoking Churches
“Usually, churches aren’t hard to spot, and often their designs seem to follow quite traditional and recognizable architectural templates. Having said that, in the past century some congregations and church leaders have chosen to push the aesthetic limits of church architecture and design.”
Read moreChinese Architectural Mimicry
“In the West, copying signals a lack of imagination. But in China… ‘mimicry is actually a form of mastery, in a symbolic sense.'”
Read moreA Newly Refurbished Interior for St. Mary Cathedral in St. Cloud, MN
While the blogosphere abounds with drastic “before” and “after” photos of church renovations, the St. Mary’s project is worth noting because of its sheer reasonableness.
Read moreDesign for New Port-au-Prince Cathedral Unveiled
The winner of the design competition for the new Cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Assomption in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was unveiled today. The winning design was selected from among 134 entrants.
Read moreAn Architectural Manifestation of the Lutheran Liturgical Movement
In 1967, the congregation of St. John Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Seward, Nebraska made a bold move.
Read moreParis Orthodox Go Modern
“Pastiche” and “mediocre” or a “happy marriage between tradition and modernity?”
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