Archive for the ‘Church’ Category
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
Article source: Fernandez-Abascal y Muruzabal + Ortiz y Barrientos
The center, located in the extension of Unquera, is aligned to a road in the base of the mountain which characterizes and darkens the plot. We projected and elementary volume slightly elevated from the land, like a palafito. Its abstraction and scale facilitate its implantation as primary element in the heterogenous and little qualified urban fabric. Its distance against the ground level avoids the damages caused by the swellings of the Deva river.
 Image Courtesy © Pablo Ausucua García and Office Images
- Architects: Fernandez-Abascal y Muruzabal + Ortiz y Barrientos
- Project: Unquera Parish Center – Church of the Holy Martyrs
- Location: Unquera, Cantabria, Spain
- Photography: Pablo Ausucua García and Office Images
- Architects In Charge: Luís Alberto Alonso Ortiz, Joaquín Barrientos Barquín, Eduardo Fdez.-Abascal Teira, Florentina Muruzábal Sitges
- Collaborating Architect: Carlos Alberto Gómez Santos
- Area: 444 sqm
- Year: 2013
- Structural Engineering: Miguel Terán Garrido
- Me Engineering: Juan Carcedo Haya
- Contractor: Juncalmar
- Technical Architect: Raquel Gómez Gregorio
- Client: Obispado de Santander
- Budget: 643,303 €
Tags: Cantabria, Spain
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Saturday, April 20th, 2013
Article source: atelierjones
The project is a renovation of and design of a new entry addition to an iconic mid-century Northwest Modernist church, designed by Steinhart/Theriault in 1962. The worn 50 year old structure required a new liturgical space for gatherings around a new full-immersion baptismal artist-designed font, as well as accessibility, structural and energy upgrades. Careful choices about stripping away the years of accumulated renovations that had marred the powerful space were required.
 Image Courtesy © Lara Swimmer
- Architects: atelierjones
- Project: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Renovation
- Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
- Photography: Lara Swimmer
- Design Team: Susan Jones, Brian Gerich, Kristin Saunders, Greg Bishop, Audrey van Horne, Roma Shah
- Building Committee: Melissa Skelton, Adam Conley, Denise Crawford, Ellen Hill, John Hill, Ralph Karskadden, d, Catherine Reid, Daryl Schlick, Mark Taylor
- Owner’S Representative: Larry Brouse
- Original 1962 Architect: Robert Theirault, AIA, d.
- Lighting Design: Carol DePelecyn studio
- Civil Engineers: Laurie Pfarr, Steve Hatzenbueler
- Structural Engineers: Jim Harriott, Harriott, Valentine Engineers
- General Contractor: Loch Anderson, John Hall, Paul Wasell, Foushee Contractors
- Storefront Installation: Bill Joy
- Software used: AutoCAD
Tags: USA, Washington
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Article source: Wikipedia
The Basilica of the Sagrada Família was the inspiration of a Catalan bookseller, Josep Maria Bocabella, founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph). After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by that at Loreto. The crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun 19 March 1882, on the festival of St. Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form. Antoni Gaudí began work on the project in 1883. On 18 March 1883 Villar retired from the project, and Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically.
 Gaudí, Sagrada Família : Image Courtesy Antoni Gaudi
- Architects: Antoni Gaudi
- Project: Sagrada Família
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Tags: Catalonia, Spain
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Sunday, March 10th, 2013
Article source: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
The Crown Princess of Norway, Mette-Marit, has just inaugurated the Cathedral of the Northern Lights situated in the Norwegian town of Alta approximately 500 km north of the Arctic Circle. Even before the inauguration, the 47-metre-high cathedral, designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects in cooperation with Link Arkitektur, was perceived as a symbol and an architectural landmark for the entire area.
 Image Courtesy © Adam Mørk
- Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
- Project: Cathedral of the Northern Lights
- Location: Alta, Norway
- Photography: Adam Mørk
- Architect Team: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Link Arkitektur A/S
- Client: The Municipality of Alta
- Area: 1,917 m²
- Construction sum: €16.2 million
- Competition: 2001, 1st prize in restricted architecture competition
- Status: Construction period 2009 – 2013
- Engineer: Rambøll AS, Alta
- Main contractor: Ulf Kivijervi AS
- Art work: Peter Brandes
Tags: Alta, Norway
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Article source: EOP Architects
A unique client’s vision and openness to abstract symbolism provided EOP Architects the opportunity to transform a long vacant and neglected retail mall into an energized campus with a newfound purpose. Southland Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, requested a contemporary, iconic design that would be welcoming, inspirational and transformational but devoid of any traditional references to Christianity: there are no conventional steeples, crosses, or stained glass windows. However, the design response includes a number of abstract interpretations with references to these elements.
 Image Courtesy © phebus photography
- Architects: EOP Architects
- Project: Southland Christian Church, Richmond Road Campus
- Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Photography: Phebus photography
- Owner/Client: Southland Christian Church
- Area: 189,000 sf (17,558 sqm)
- Year: 2013
- Contractor: Messer Construction
- Mechanical Engineering: Staggs & Fisher
- Structural Engineering: Brown + Kubican
- Audiovisual: Michael Garrison & Associates
- Software used: Revit
Tags: Kentucky, Lexington
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Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Article source: Studio B Architects
Concepts of sustainable design are often given media attention though startling innovations and avant-garde design. However, it is those projects that at first not recognized, but though the ’test of time’ prove themselves to be innovative and appealing to work and visit are worthy of discussion.
The St Alfred’s Church complex is one such project. Located in the leafy Melbourne suburb of North Blackburn the building is a composite of tested ideas combined about welcoming planning and design. This church and educational building is an expansion of an earlier small building that had occupied the site for the past forty-five years.
 Image Courtesy © Aaron Pocock
- Architects: Studio B Architects
- Project: St Alfred’s Church
- Location: Blackburn North, Victoria, Australia
- Photography: Aaron Pocock
- Architects: Fred Batterton, Clare Andrew, Tom Alves, Andrew Smith
- Builder: James Morison, Cooper Morison
- Construction Manager: Hank Leine, Cooper Morison
- Structural: Barry Roben, Irwin Consult
- Services: Iain Bradley, AGB Group
- Environmental: Mal Lee, Dreamers Designs
- Acoustic: Geoff Barnes, Acoustical Advisory Cons
- Building Surveyor: Glenn Driscoll, Reddo
- Planning: Peter Tesdorpf, Land Use Consultants
- Cost Consultant: Turner Townsend Rawlinsons
- Landscape: Peter Boyle
- Software used: Revit to model and document the project
Tags: Australia, Victoria
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Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Article source: Bureau MT
A protestant church community in a 1960’s neighbourhood of Amersfoort decided, because of decreasing numbers of parishioners, to fuse with another church community. To make a new start the church government decided to sell one of the church buildings and give the other church building a radical transformation.
 Image Courtesy © Dirk Verwoerd
- Architects: Bureau MT
- Project: De Bron Church Renovation
- Location: Amersfoort, The Netherlands
- Principal: Protestant Church Community Amersfoort
- Co-designers: Gerlof van der Veen (ir. G. van der Veen, architect), Irene van den Brink (Bureau Knipoog)
- Contractor: bouwonderneming Van Bekkum, Amersfoort
- Construction engineer: Pieters bouwtechniek, Utrecht/Eindhoven
- Engineer acoustics: De Wolff, adviesbureau geluidbeheersing en akoestiek, Utrecht
- Mechanical engineer: WTB-buro, adviseurs installatietechniek
- Photographs before: Marco Tavenier, Bureau MT
- Photographs after: Dirk Verwoerd, Lighthouse productions.
- Gross floor area: 1030 m2
- Gross building volume: 4500 m3
- Year of design: 2011-2012
- Year of construction: 2012
Tags: Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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Sunday, January 13th, 2013
Article source: Studio Zermani e Associati
A fragment of Umbria, a red farmhouse, olive groves, and building speculation contend for the background on which the Franciscan church is to arise that will be seen prevalently from above.
 Image Courtesy Mauro Davoli
- Architects: Studio Zermani e Associati
- Project: San Giovanni Church
- Location: Ponte d’Oddi, Perugia, Italy
- Architect: Paolo Zermani, With Mauro Alpini, Fabio Capanni, Giacomo Pirazzoli, Fabrizio Rossi Prodi.
- Collaborators: Giovanna Maini, Tomohiro Takao
- Year: 1997-2007
- Photos by: Mauro Davoli
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Tags: Italy, Perugia
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Article source: Omgeving
Reflections on the Past and the Present in the Courtyard of Averbode Abbey
In the summer of 2012 the recently rejuvenated courtyard of Averbode Abbey has opened its doors inviting everyone to enjoy its centuries-old architecture and Baroque church standing at its heart. These impressive buildings are literally reflected in the grand water mirror calmly sitting at the centre of the square. The large film of water, which is only a few centimetres deep, not only provides an alternative view of the surrounding buildings, but also welcomes the visitor to rest beside it on a nearby bench and enjoy its tranquil character or even walk in it during those rare hot Belgian days. Averbode Abbey’s historical role is thus recreated in its own courtyard by bringing together people of all ages from around the region.
 Image Courtesy OMGEVING
- Architects: Omgeving
- Project: Courtyard of Averbode Abbey
- Location: Zichem, Belgium
- Street: Abdijstraat 1
- Designers: Peter Seynaeve, Tompy Hoedelmans, Koen Moelants, Luc Wallays, Evi Lefevere
- Client: Abbey of Averbode
- Year of design: 2010
- Completion date: 2012
- Area: 5.000 m²
Tags: Belgium, Zichem
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Article source: Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes
With construction of the new Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the architects at Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes have achieved a remarkable conversion of a heritage church. At a time when conservation of the religious patrimony is a challenge all over the world, this architectural intervention is an exemplary model of the genre. Its excellence has been acknowledged by the 2010 Canadian Architect Awards of Merit, the Grand Prix du design 2011, and the Prix d’excellence 2011 from the Institut de développement urbain du Québec, which, upon presentation of its award, congratulated Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes for “its thorough architectural reflection with regard to this project, its exceptional urban integration, and its design, which brings past and future together.” In 2012, the pavilion received the Award for Architectural Integration of Montreal Architectural Heritage Campains.
 Image Courtesy Tom Arban, Alexi Hobbs, Marc Cramer, Jean-Guy Lambert
- Architects: Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes
- Project: A Canadian Museum in a Church
- Location: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Name Of The Project: Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art
- Client: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Project Leader: Claude Provencher, Architect, Senior Partner and Co-founder
- Photographers: Tom Arban, Alexi Hobbs, Marc Cramer, Jean-Guy Lambert
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Tags: Canada, Québec
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