Badass Churches

[harryc]

Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

LOL, Harry, I'm not at all surprised you were raised as a Unitarian. For some reason you just seem like one to me. Haha.

My mom's service at the Unitarian Church - many spoke of how she and her friends were such rabble rousers protesting atmospheric testing of nukes, the Vietnam War, and generally for the environment.

Note the Saturn-V in the stained glass.


Her artwork

[homebucket]

Saint Ignatius Church - built in 1914



https://www.instagram.com/p/CDeUexdB0iS/



https://www.instagram.com/p/B9w2W7eBJ_f/

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by The North One

You're forgetting the one neer bloomfeild hills, I think its called the kirk?

Kirk in the Hills. It's a (spectacular) Presbyterian church built in the 1950's, essentially as a replica of a Scottish abbey. My parents live directly across the street.

There's another amazing church in Bloomfield Hills - Christ Church Cranbrook. Probably one of the more impressive Episcopal churches in the U.S.

[The North One]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Kirk in the Hills. It's a (spectacular) Presbyterian church built in the 1950's, essentially as a replica of a Scottish abbey. My parents live directly across the street.

There's another amazing church in Bloomfield Hills - Christ Church Cranbrook. Probably one of the more impressive Episcopal churches in the U.S.

That comment is ten years old...

There are dozens of churches in Detroit city proper not in his post that blow away Kirk in the hills, I'm not even sure why I mentioned it.

Like this one which recently became a Basilica, Ste. Anne de Detroit.


https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ste-...RxbnaSWROSYDnw


https://ste-anne.org/home/home-page-main-jpg/

I just realized he DID mention it but the photo is gone, lol.

[Trantor]

church in São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina state... does anyone else agree that this church is kinda Art Deco??



http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...60&postcount=5

Fátima Church, in Fortaleza. The façade immitates two hands together praying




http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...0&postcount=19


São Francisco Ordem Terceira Church, in Salvador, Brazil

all covered in gold in the interior (like many baroque colonial churches in Brazil)

Flickr: sergiodantas

Flickr: papel_quimico




http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...2&postcount=11



"Hairy Church", Pelotas, southern Brazil


photos by Farrapo
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...5&postcount=73




for more, check out these two threads at SSC with a HUGE collection of photos of brazilian churches, temples, cathedrals
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=570697
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=888562

[The_Architect]

Damn! I was gonna post Sagrada Familia!

I think the Hagia Sophia is pretty badass..





Not to mention the Pantheon (yes it is a church!):

[Cirrus]

The National Cathedral in Washington, DC has a number of non-traditional gargoyles. The most famous: Darth Vader.


source: flickr user smata2

[TarHeelJ]

Atlanta's First Church of Christ, Scientist

[TarHeelJ]

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegon...n/photostream/

[TarHeelJ]

Atlanta First United Methodist

http://www.flickr.com/photos/army_ar...n/photostream/

[Teakwood]

First Presbyterian Church of Stamford
The Fish Church
Stamford, CT

First Presbyterian Church by eveninct, on Flickr


First Presbyterian Church by eveninct, on Flickr


First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary by eveninct, on Flickr


Untitled by eveninct, on Flickr

and its 260 ft. Carillon Tower:

Maguire Memorial Tower by eveninct, on Flickr


First Presbyterian Church of Stamford by Jeff Woelker, on Flickr

[Teakwood]

Sweeney Chapel, Christian Theological Seminary
Indianapolis, Indiana
Architect: Edward Larrabee Barnes


Christian Theological Seminary by ebachta, on Flickr


Christian Theological Seminary by ebachta, on Flickr


Christian Theological Seminary by ebachta, on Flickr

[arkhitektor]

I don't think I've seen Thorncrown Chapel posted here yet:





I drive through NW Arkansas on a road trip last year and want to kick myself for not having stopped to see it in person. It's in Eureka Springs, AR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorncrown_Chapel

[Teakwood]

Originally Posted by arkhitektor

I don't think I've seen Thorncrown Chapel posted here yet:





I drive through NW Arkansas on a road trip last year and want to kick myself for not having stopped to see it in person. It's in Eureka Springs, AR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorncrown_Chapel

You beat me to it by about 2 minutes..... haha

[RBB]

The St. Louis Cathedral Basilica is the home of the world's largest mosaic installation:


Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis by majorsteel25, on Flickr


Source: Destination Nexus

Pictures don't really do the interior justice:


Saint Louis Cathedral Basilica by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton, on Flickr


Chapel Saint Louis Cathedral Basilica by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton, on Flickr


Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, in Saint Louis, Missouri - Our Lady's Chapel - ambulatory ceiling 3.jpg by msabeln, on Flickr

-RBB

[TarHeelJ]

St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans

[brickell]

Annie Pfieffer Chapel at Florida Southern College - Frank Lloyd Wright



src: http://lakelandfl.blogspot.com/

[Pavlov]

So... torn... between... contempt... for... religion... and... love... of... amazing... badass... churches...

[I don't really have contempt for religion, mostly based on the amazing contributions to art, architecture, music and culture in general that they have funded and inspired.)

[plinko]

Originally Posted by Reesonov

So... torn... between... contempt... for... religion... and... love... of... amazing... badass... churches...

[I don't really have contempt for religion, mostly based on the amazing contributions to art, architecture, music and culture in general that they have funded and inspired.)

I fall into exactly this same category...

...which is why when I had the opportunity to get married in a 500 year old church in Italy (despite the fact that I'm not catholic), I jumped at the chance. Various members of my wife's family worked on different portions of the church over many generations.

Chiesa di San Gennaro (1589-1602) Praiano, Italy:

[1ajs]

precious blood church built in 1969 architect Étienne Gaboury winnipeg


image source: brian scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/1572407887/


image source: brian scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/4676346923/