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Allan Greenberg’s great game
Gore Hall, designed by Allan Greenberg, at the University of Delaware. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Allan Greenberg’s great game Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. In architecture Palladio is the game!! It is so big, few appreciate it now, and it requires considerable training to value and realize it. . . . It is a game that never deceives, dodges never disguises. It means hard thought all through—if it is laboured it fails.
A Restoration Worth Noting: Notre Dame Lives On
The great cathedrals of Christianity have three enemies: fire, vandals, and iconoclasts. In its 850-year history, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been threatened by all three. We have just witnessed a chapter of this history that will be long remembered. The building dates back to the twelfth century. It was begun in 1160 under the patronage of Bishop Maurice de Sully, and was mostly complete by 1258 (although one of its most iconic features, the flying buttresses, wasn’t added until the 1300s).
St. Diego Juan Retreat House
The Shrine of Our Lady Guadalupe is planning to build a six-story classical style retreat house and gathering center which will be able to host guests, banquets, and a terrace area with a view of the Mississippi River.
Beauty, Transcendence & Eternal
How can we recover the sense of the sacred in our temples and shrines? We seem to have lost the ability to make new buildings which exude that ineffable sense of the “sacred” which can be rightly called the presence of the Almighty. Why is it that few of our churches built in recent decades intimate that the church building itself and the celebrations taking place within it are sacred?
Positive Trends in Sacred Architecture
Skip to main content Accessibility feedback Questions Covered: 18:20 - When the Crystal Cathedral was converted into a Catholic Cathedral, what sacramental changes were made to it? 22:08 - I think that good architecture directs our attention to the fullness of the faith. 29:21 - What’s the significance of artists or architects intentionally including flaws in their work? 32:40 - We have an opportunity to build a new chapel here.
A Church for the Poor
When the poor see beauty they see God. Why? Because “beauty” is God’s middle name. What building can better point the poor towards Christ than a church: a house of God that welcomes them, embraces them, and lifts them up. “[Saint] Peter teaches us to look to the poor through the eyes of faith and to give them that which is most precious: the power of the name of Jesus.
A Time For Cornerstones | Duncan Stroik
Saint Sebastian, guard and defend us, morning and evening, every minute of every hour, and diminish the strength of that vile illness which is threatening us. We put our trust in God, in our Lady, and in you, holy martyr. Architecture responds to human needs and aspirations. Throughout history, times of plague and catastrophe have called for serious responses in the form of churches and sacred art. Vienna One spectacular example is the Pestsäule, a 70-foot-tall plague column in Vienna.
The Enduring City Is More Than Retail and Coffee Shops
[Editor’s Note: Please join author Duncan Stroik (with Rod Dreher and Michael Brendan Dougherty) in New York City on September 17 for a discussion of “Till We Have Rebuilt Notre Dame: A Conversation on the Future of Architecture, Faith, and Civilization in the West.“] When you go to a great European city, you find beautiful spacious piazze, outdoor cafes, charming shops, fountains to sit near, and people to watch. For many today, that symbolizes the good city.
S.O.S.: Save Our Spire
The French people have a lot of experience in rebuilding churches. World War II, World War I, various nineteenth-century governments, the French revolution, the Huguenots and before that, the barbarian hordes, all took a toll on these heavenly palaces. Not to mention fires and damage due to the travails of time. This latest fire, watched by tens of millions on the internet, calls for the rebuilding of the roof, the spire, and part of the ceiling of Notre Dame in Paris.
Why Rebuild a Gothic 'Addition' to Notre Dame?
Two days after the horrific fire at the most beloved Gothic cathedral in the world Prime Minister Philippe announced a competition to replace the spire. Why would we replace the historic cathedral spire unless it was ugly, poorly constructed, or incongruous with the cathedral? A few days later, we saw the first of many designs exhibiting a greenhouse and a glass and steel spire denuded of all reference to the masterpiece. What should be done with Notre Dame’s spire?
The New York Premiere of A Conversation with John Burgee: Film Screening and Discussion
A Conversation with John Burgee: The Architecture of Johnson/Burgee is a documentary exploring the life and work of American architect John Burgee. Burgee, one of the founders of the influential firm Johnson/Burgee Architects, is best known for his contributions to iconic postmodernist buildings such as 550 Madison Avenue (well-known as the AT&T Building) and the Lipstick Building—yet his roots in, and relationship to, classicism played a meaningful role in his development as an architect.
When Does Architectural Consistency Matter?
Most modern people (if they are not trained as modernist architects) have imbibed the idea that architectural consistency is the highest form of order. But what if the additions are ugly, falling down or inhospitable? Most modern people (if they are not trained as modernist architects) have imbibed the idea that architectural consistency is the highest form of order. But what if the additions are ugly, falling down or inhospitable?
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