San Francisco Cathedral Architecture

[WhollyRoamin]

will this also appeal to you?

modern church a newly built catholic church in Vienna Donaucity,Austria
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Interesting. It looks like the building was shipped in from China.

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[VociMike]

will this also appeal to you?

modern church a newly built catholic church in Vienna Donaucity,Austria
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Honestly, my first thought was “it’s a graphite nuclear reactor core!”

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[WhollyRoamin]

LOL VociMike.

 

[Lepanto]

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I’m telling you – we are being assimilated!!
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[danonwaveland]

Fashions change, and what is “avant garde” now, is “old hat” later.

I tend to agree. The churches that were built to be “modern” in the 50s and 60s look horribly out-of-place now and you are aware that you are walking into a church of transient taste, much like a pink and grey kitchen with metal-rimmed countertops.

God bless,
Dan

 

[Ghoti]

I tend to agree. The churches that were built to be “modern” in the 50s and 60s look horribly out-of-place now and you are aware that you are walking into a church of transient taste, much like a pink and grey kitchen with metal-rimmed countertops.

God bless,
Dan

Hmmmm…a Googie church?

Formica altar, shag carpeting, faux panelled walls, fluorescent lights, vinyl-covered chrome chairs…Wurlitzer…

Can you imagine hymns played “bossa nova” or “cha-cha”?

 

[Geremia]

The Wall Street Journal reported on this recently: The Light of Christ Abounds in Oakland’s New Cathedral

 

[JPUSC]

The Wall Street Journal reported on this recently: The Light of Christ Abounds in Oakland’s New Cathedral

Interesting that the cathedral is described as:

• What appears to be a translucent, truncated cone 135 feet high, like a giant glass lampshade set on a curving concrete base.
• You are in a totally different world, like the inside of a giant basket or barrel.

Certainly different from Pope Benedict XVI’s description of St. Patrick’s Cathedral:

“The spires of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral are dwarfed by the skyscrapers of the Manhattan skyline, yet in the heart of this busy metropolis, they are a vivid reminder of the constant yearning of the human spirit to rise to God”.

I just found it a little funny that the building is being likened to household objects, haha. But, don’t get me wrong, the Oakland Cathedral does look better than the San Francisco and Los Angeles cathedrals. The Omega Window reminds me of a church from a futuristic movie.