Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Heavenly Churches

Are fancy churches a testament to God's glory, or Man's ego? Or both? Whatever the case, there is something about church building that seems to tap into an architect's sense of otherness.


Notre Dame du Haut – Le Corbusier
Photo: 黃毛


Church of Light - Tadao Ando
Photo: Chris He


Pilgrimage Church - Gottfried Böhm
Photo: seier+seier


Grundtvig Memorial Church - P. V. Jensen Klint
Photo: seier+seier


Bagsværd Church – Jørn Utzon
Photo: James Woodward


St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo - Tange Kenzo
Photo: Shinjuku1


Notre Dame du Haut – Le Corbusier
Photo: scarletgreen


Notre Dame du Haut – Le Corbusier
Photo: scarletgreen


Notre Dame du Haut – Le Corbusier
Photo: Rory Hyde


St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco - Pier Luigi Nervi
Photo: Thomas Hawk

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

you forgot this divine structure, http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6927383.jpg
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GOD, LLC said...

Anonymous,

Thanks for your contribution to the Heavenly Churches post. I'm reposting your link because it seems to have been cut short somehow. Also, in attempting to discover the intended destination of your link I somehow landed on this image:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/692738.jpg

Which, as you might imagine, left me puzzled.

But alas, it was this gem that I carelessly overlooked:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6927383.jpg

Barbra said...

Thank you for this post, I may also contribute to it with this great piece of Architecture: Santa Maria Church by Alvaro Siza.
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/siza/Santa_Maria_Church/

I came across this website trying to find the author of another great church with a wonderful roof light at the altar (the picture is on my mind). Magnificient! I am not sure but I think the autor was Japanese.
Thank you!
GOD BLESS!

GOD, LLC said...

Thanks, Barbara. I'll store your link and keep it in mind for my Heavenly Churches II post. Take care.

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