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« on: May 24, 2015, 11:27:28 AM »

Happy Pentecost, Catholics! In honor of the nicknamed "Birthday of the Church (body)" I had the obscure idea to start a thread for the community to share some of its favorite physical church buildings. I have a few in mind, but I'm not quite as well traveled as some on here, so I'm curious if anyone would like to share some of the great architectural feats they have seen (from any denomination! Or even buildings of other religions.) Hopefully by the end of this, I'll have some new places to visit if any of y'all have a similar passing interest in architecture.

In the glorious words of Ron Swanson, "Say what you want about organized religions, but those b[Inks] really know how to build an edifice."

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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2015, 01:08:50 PM »

Many churches suffer from an Edifice Complex. As far as modern architecture is concerned, the Air Force Academy chapel is fairly good. For a Christian church, the basic cruciform arrangement is one of the best.
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2015, 05:57:24 PM »

I've always had a soft spot for simple white country churches. You know like this

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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2015, 06:35:21 PM »

I've always had a soft spot for simple white country churches. You know like this



he have one here in Huntington, NY, though it is country no more:
Old First Church
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« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2015, 03:55:15 PM »

To my own surprise&shame (liking like GOETHE "the Jesuitic SwindleStyle" not too much) I was very impressed by the interior of IL GESU.
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2015, 04:36:53 PM »

The converted Oran Mor five minutes from me.



The main roof is painted with the night sky and there are wonderful paintings by the renowned Alisdair Gray



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« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2015, 05:16:37 PM »

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC



Washington National Cathedral, DC



Notre Dame, Paris

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« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2015, 07:12:09 PM »

Excellent contributions Bedstuy. Thank you for sharing. I would personally note that as far as DC churches go, I have long been partial to St. Matthew the Apostle's perhaps not so much for its exterior architecture (though it does well for what it is) but for this history. Of course the National Cathedral has quite a bit of its own, but JFK's funeral is really one of the biggest in modern history considering the circumstances around it - dying so tragically plus being broadcast on early television. The whole church has a special feel because of it even if that makes it a bit touristy due to the prxoimity to the National Mall. Both are absolutely stunning though despite the very different influences.



I'm also quite partial to stone churches myself which Philadelphia and its suburbs have no shortage of thankfully.
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« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2015, 10:24:51 PM »

'Gotta brag on St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. One of my cousins just had wedding there.



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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2015, 10:21:53 AM »

The old Cathedrals of England and France are some of the most remarkable buildings of any sort (religious, secular, whatever) anywhere. My favourite is Durham Cathedral, that great culmination of the Romanesque:

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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2015, 12:38:09 PM »

Not everyone's cup of tea, but given that I have a soft spot for Brutalism;

St Brides', East Kilbride

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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2015, 08:04:39 PM »

The Duomo in Florence.
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« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2015, 01:12:08 AM »

My favorite ever was my church's old building that looked like a strip club indoors.
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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2015, 07:21:55 AM »

Among small churches, Gangan-dera, the 'Temple of Clanging Bells'--Hakodate's Russian Orthodox Church.





Among huge cathedrals, I've always had a soft spot for Ely Cathedral and Massachusetts's very own Cathedral of the Holy Cross.







I'm aware that this doesn't really sum to me having any precise architectural 'tastes' in particular, and I worry that that's somewhat crass of me.

afleitch, St Bride's actually looks lovely to me. I used to hate brutalism, but I sort of developed Stockholm syndrome for it after four years on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus. (More for interiors than for facades. I image-searched for the facade and don't care for it, but that interior is lovely.)

I see that SMilo has opened this thread to buildings of other religions as well, so I'll be stopping by again later on with some Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.
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« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2015, 12:40:48 PM »

Baltimore Basilica: The Rome of the West

Exterior View




Interior View




Interior View 2


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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2015, 02:26:37 AM »

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« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2015, 06:12:33 PM »

old Orthodox (and Catholic) churches can be quite cool.
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« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2015, 11:00:13 AM »

In no particular order, my top 10 favorite churches I would like to go to services at:

1. Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, NY, USA)



2. Sagrada Familia (Barcelona, Spain)



3. St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City)



4. Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Washington, DC)



5. Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence, Italy)



6. Cathedral of Orvieto (Orvieto, Italy)



7. Wesminster Abbey (Westminster, London, UK)



8. Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem, Palestine)



9. Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem, Israel)



10. Notre-Dame de Paris (Paris, France)

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« Reply #18 on: July 20, 2015, 11:57:44 AM »

old Orthodox (and Catholic) churches can be quite cool.

Not Russian. It is Heddal stave church in Telemark. Norway was Catholic when it was build, but it is a Lutheran church now. I also like Borggrund stave church:



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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2015, 12:28:21 PM »

Yes, stave churches are very pretty.
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« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2015, 12:59:52 PM »

A lot of old Nonconformist chapels have a certain simple charm as well. This is one of the oldest (Shrewsbury Unitarian Chapel) though isn't typical from a design point of view in some respects - but not others - due to its age:



The building dates from the early 18th century (the original 17th century chapel was burnt down by a sectarian mob in 1715) and has associations (I mention this for the purpose of trivia really) with Darwin, Coleridge and Hazlitt.

A more stereotypical chapel would look something like this one in Stoke-on-Trent:



Though you can also get very random designs like this near Dudley:



A good example of a classic large chapel interior - even if in an unusually designed building - from West Yorkshire:

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« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2015, 12:07:08 AM »

We need a bit of Mexico

Ocotlan, Tlaxcala


Tonantzintla, Puebla


Santo Domingo, Oaxaca City, inside



outside

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« Reply #22 on: July 24, 2015, 07:56:40 AM »

Ah yes, insane Mexican colonial baroque. Approve.
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« Reply #23 on: July 24, 2015, 11:00:36 AM »

Frederik's Church/the Marble Church







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« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2015, 05:39:09 PM »

My church looks so different from a traditional church.  This is the campus I will be attending while at school (one of 19):    

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