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Proposal for a New Cathedral
Oakland, California
Through its warm color and traditional Spanish mission style features, Domiane Forte's design symbolizes the contrast -- both spiritual and physical -- that distingushes the Church from the colorless, modernist urban landscape that surrounds it. more...



Restoration of the Cathedral of St. Augustine
Bridgeport, Connecticut

The Cathedral of St. Augustine, built from 1865 to 1868, recently underwent a two-and-a-half year renovation. Through the design of architect Henry Menzies, the cathedral has been returned to its place of splendor and prominence amongst Connecticut's most treasured churches. more...



Proposal for a Benedictine Monastery
Hulbert, Oklahoma

An academic proposal by New York architect Matthew Enquist for the new Our Lady of the Annunciation monastery in Hulbert, Oklahoma. The founding monks at Clear Creek were all members of the Solesmes monastic community at Fontgombault, a medieval abbey in central France. more...



Mater Dei Academy - School and Chapel
Columbus, Ohio

Designed by Ohio architect William Heyer, this new facility, based on classical and monastic models, is designed to hold up to 200 students from K-8 at a total of 20,000 square feet. The 1,500 sq. ft. chapel is intended to be used by student classes for Masses and prayer during the week. more...



Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Lacrosse, Wisonsin

Designed as a sacred place for the faithful to come on pilgrimage and to foster devotion to the Blessed Virgin under her title of Patroness of the Americas. In the tradition of pilgrimage churches, the shrine is located high upon a hill outside of the city with a campanile and dome which will be visible from afar. more...



Proposal for Ave Maria University Oratory
Ave Maria, Florida

Three architecture students from the University of Notre Dame produced a campus plan for this newly founded university near Naples, Florida. Drawing on the tradition of Spanish mission style architecture of the region, a grand new church sits at the center of the scheme. more...



Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

An addition to the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the daily mass and adoration chapel is designed to hold approximately 80 people. A comprehensive interior restoration of the original 1910 cathedral also includes furniture and fixture design. more...



Our Lady of Walsingham Church
Houston, Texas

This new Gothic church in roughly hewn Texas limestone accomodates 300 worshippers and celebrants. One of the transepts houses a shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham, and was built to the exact size of the legendary Walsingham Holy House, destroyed by Henry VIII during the Reformation. more...



Fraternity of St. Peter Seminary Chapel
Denton, Nebraska

The building was designed for a recently established confraternity dedicated to teaching future Catholic priests the form and discipline of the traditional Latin Rite Mass. The complex is situated on the spur of a hill with wings nestled into adjacent ravines. more...



St. Mary Magdalene RC Church
Penwortham, England

Featured in Country Life, 1988 as Best Church of the Decade:"This combination of fine architecture, good craftsmanship and the use of sensitive artist craftsmen has not been seen since the Arts and Crafts ideals were swamped by the Modern movement." more...



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In Tiers of Glory
A beautifully illustrated history of church architecture by Michael S. Rose
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Ugly as Sin
Why they changed our churches from sacred places to meeting spaces by Michael S. Rose
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