Gargoyles, Buttresses and the Art of Building Heavenward
COMMENTARY: Notre Dame’s gargoyles, flying buttresses and open spire reveal how the great cathedrals united engineering, artistry and theology into a single vision reaching toward heaven.
Results from Tag: 'church architecture'
Architect Frank Gehry and the Cathedral That Might Have Been
COMMENTARY: Los Angeles passed over a generational architectural talent in building its cathedral, settling instead for a structure that fails to lift the human spirit.
Notre Dame Cathedral’s New Stained Glass Ignites a New Firestorm
Critics say the emphasis on diversity and emotional expression risks translating a central mystery of the Church into the visual language of the present moment, weakening the symbolic coherence of a Gothic cathedral built around light, hierarchy and transcendence.
The Three V’s of Church Architecture: Vision, Verticality and Volume
COMMENTARY: Vision, verticality and volume are the silent language of churches that lift the soul to God.
From Near-Death Experience, Shrine to St. Anne Is Coming to Life Again
Former parishioners restore century-old church structurally — and spiritually.
A Drone’s-Eye View of 7 Glorious Catholic Churches
Watch videos that offer extraordinary views and enhance the way the faithful see these edifices.
‘Better Things Are to Come’: New Seminary Chapel Is a Sign of Hope for the Priesthood
Architectural highlights at St. John Vianney College Seminary physically express a bold vision of priestly formation.
Christendom College Provides a Space to Encounter God Through Beauty in New Christ the King Chapel
The edifice is the realization of a decades-long vision to convey the truths of the faith in art and architecture.
Adorned in Beauty to Honor Our Lady of Lourdes
The interior of St. Bernadette Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been transformed.
Benedictine College’s Classical Architecture Program Builds Toward a Beautiful Future
The Catholic college established the four-year bachelor of arts major in 2016.
