Tag: Architecture
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Baltimore Cathedral Restores Use of the High Altar
Though the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore was dedicated in 1959, its design did little to anticipate the changes in liturgical practice that were to sweep through the Catholic Church in the ensuing decade. The building is long and narrow, on the traditional basilican plan, with the high altar at some distance from…
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Symbolic Dissonance
This sanctuary is decorated for Lent. I don’t think we’re even ready for a “blue-ish” purple vs. “red-ish” purple conversation here.
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Reflections on a Renovation: St. Paul’s, Madison
We must ask ourselves some difficult questions about the identity and messages that we want to convey through our architecture.
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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.
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The 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.”
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Authenticity in Church Architecture
“Modernizing the Catholic Church usually doesn’t refer to architecture. But it should.”
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Modern 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.”
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Chinese 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.'”
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A 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.