Once we consider a church in all probability Latin cross, marble altars and historic altarpieces come to our thoughts. However not all of them are like this. There are completely different, extra trendy ones who’ve chosen to keep away from the ‘neo’ type of the widespread temples and go for a dangerous form and even for peculiar supplies. Let’s take a look at a few of these completely different church buildings:
Chapel of the Holy Cross (Sedona, USA)
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has this chapel within the hills of Sedona, Arizona, which was commissioned by an area rancher, Frank Lloyd Wright, on architect Marguerite Brunswig Staude, and which was barely impressed within the Empire State of New York. The development was carried out in 1956 and is highlighted for the way it matches into the surroundings.
Chapel of the Holy Cross
Salt Cathedral (Zipaquirá, Colombia)
Close to Bogota we discover this underground temple positioned contained in the salt mines of Zipaquirá. It’s a building that started in 1990 after the closure of the Outdated Cathedral of 1953 by the poor circumstances during which it was. The cathedral has a number of new pavilions and a big dome. It isn’t actually acknowledged as a cathedral formally and works as a museum, with a number of works made with salt, and is taken into account one of many seven wonders of Colombia.
Salt Cathedral
Hallgrimur church or Hallgrímskirkja (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Architect Guðjón Samúelsson is chargeable for this church in Reykjavik, which holds the title of tallest constructing in Iceland, 74.5 meters. Curiously it isn’t named after a saint or virgin however the famend Icelandic poet Hallgrimur Pétursson. With its peculiar look, it took practically 40 years to be lifted till 1986, when it was consecrated. It’s of Lutheran worship.
Hallgrímskirkja
Justo’s Cathedral (Mejorada del Campo)
There’s a very explicit historical past behind this constructing. After being expelled from the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Huerta (Soria) for being affected by tuberculosis, Justo Gallego Martinez was cured and started to construct a cathedral as a promise to God and the Virgin. However probably the most particular factor is that he did it alone and unaided. For nearly half a century in the past, Justo spends his time and the household financial sources he had, in addition to donations he receives, to assemble this work with none particular coaching and of which there usually are not even official plans. Though the constructing is popularly referred to as ‘cathedral’, reality is that it has no such recognition as a result of not being consecrated or being acknowledged by the diocese comparable to the world.
Justo’s cathedral
United States Air Pressure Academy Cadet (Colorado Springs, USA)
At first look it can remind us to the Metropolis of Arts and Sciences of Valencia, however the reality is that this US navy chapel is way older. As you possibly can think about, it got here with some controversy when it opened in 1963, however through the years it has turn into probably the most well-known works of Walter Netsch, its creator, and a great instance of brutalist structure. The area is unfold over two ranges and was barely impressed by classics just like the Sainte Chapelle in Paris.
Air Pressure Academy Cadet Chapel
