Churches that are rad.

June 18, 2009 at 5:10 am | In Ecclesia, church | 2 Comments

Thank to B. Muth for this one….

The Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, California

Cathedral of Christ the Light

You can watch a very informative video about the cathedral. As I said above, I am amazed at the degree of thought that went into all aspects of this building.

Wotruba Church in Austria

Wotruba Church
Maybe the most unconventional it surely is a visual spectacle. Lost at E Minor has a nice feature on it here.

Church of Light in Osaka, Japan

Church of the Light

BD Online’s Chris Levine writes about his experience visiting it for the first time here.

Farewell Chapel, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Farewell Chapel

“Cut into the side of a hill [and] comprised of just three walls,” Fast Company says, “it couldn’t be any simpler.” The cross shaped skylight adds some nice architectural flare to the otherwise basic design.

Church of 2000, Rome, Italy

Church of 2000

Perhaps the craziest element of this design is the “patented new type of white self-cleaning cement called, Bianco TX Millennium” that was used in the construction. Arch Daily has more info here.

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  1. This is the coolest post I’ve ever seen! ;)

    Did you watch the video?

    • I guess I didn’t see that… I’ll check it. How’s life bud?


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