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Old Posted Mar 28, 2016, 5:25 PM
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Calgary actually has had a couple very architecturally interesting mosques built recently.

Baitun Nur mosque




new New Jamatkhana


Old New Jamatkhana


Islamic Centre of Calgary
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Old Posted Mar 28, 2016, 5:27 PM
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Here is the new Mormon temple that was built in Tuscany a couple years ago. Say what you will about the Mormons but their temples look cool. They even offered tours of it to the public when it first opened.



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Old Posted Mar 28, 2016, 5:33 PM
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One thing I haven't really seen in this thread yet is the more Protestant white churches I remember seeing driving through New Brunswick years ago. The rolling hills with the white steeples and the old Victorian mansions were beautiful. Looked right out of New England or Maine. The perfect setting for a Stephen King epic.

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White chapel from Drumheller.



Church from the ghost town of Dorothy about 40 mins south of Drumheller:

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Here's another Ukrainian Orthodox Church that overlooks downtown from the hill beside Bridgeland.

Church of St. Vladimir




A point of interest for anyone out east who is used to seeing oxidized copper roofing is that Calgary is so dry that metal does not oxidize the same here. From the bit of research I did on it with Google it sounds like the church is from around 1938.
The congregation was probably formed in 1938 but that building looks like it was built in the '80s. Perhaps it was renovated?
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Old Posted Mar 28, 2016, 5:54 PM
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Mid Century Modern Churches from Calgary:

St. Cecelia's





Our Lady Queen of Poland



St. Luke's Catholic Church







St. Thomas Catholic Church



https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.09492...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Holy Trinity Church

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.03971...8i6656!6m1!1e1
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The congregation was probably formed in 1938 but that building looks like it was built in the '80s. Perhaps it was renovated?
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About this time thoughts were turning to building a church as it had become impossible to make any headway in rented halls and churches. Families, such as Danilowichs, Swityks, Petraschuyks, Onyschuks, Kurchabas, and Oryschaks, began to make plans, and in 1938 the church was built.
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Scary and suburban?

I'm not sure if they actually are Evangelical, but the Pentecostal here definitely occupy that niche in our society.



Across the street is St. Michael's and All Angels Anglo-Catholic Church. They're officially still part of the Anglican Church (Anglo-Catholic is also used by some groups that are not). It's just all the pageantry of the old Latin mass but in English and without the Pope. Incense and plainsong and the works.



They moved out of their old building, which was hilariously modern for a faith that prides itself on being as close to Christianity as it existed in medieval England as possible.



Mount Pearl probably has the smallest church in the urban area. I think it's even smaller than the old village churches in Goulds, which are more like shrines.



Hideous and suburban is something Mount Pearl does exceptionally well.





And this old chapel - nice modern style, now an office building. The still-functioning Corpus Christi Church is still close-by.

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A few from my trips out around the Bay.

Bonavista





Newtown





Bay de Verde



Brigus





And a few randoms from wherever...





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Well, this thread took a turn for the worst.
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Well, this thread took a turn for the worst.
Modern churches? I never used to appreciate the mid century modern ones but now I find them very beautiful. The evangelical strip mall ones not so much.

This is still my favourite gritty, inner city church in Calgary. I'm only half kidding.



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Does anyone remember that church logo from the ugly Canada thread that looked like a fossilized turd? At least I think it was from that thread. I want to know what that church looks like.
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Calgary's Buddhist Monastery in the DT West end. It's currently being renovated.

Pre reno:



Under construction:




Finished vision:

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This thread would be remiss without Edmonton's most beautiful cathedral.

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Edm...f6155d!6m1!1e1

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Modern churches? I never used to appreciate the mid century modern ones but now I find them very beautiful. The evangelical strip mall ones not so much.
I can only stomach the pre-war ones. The rest make me squirm.

Here's a mosque, or temple? in Lasalle

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Here's another one from Halifax, All Saints Anglican Cathedral, built around 1910.


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It's a good example of how modern buildings can sometimes really overshadow older buildings. The church redeveloped the two lawns and now it's hard to see the building exterior.


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The original plans also called for a large central tower that was never completed. If the tower had been built and the church had been a bit better located it could have been a landmark. As it is now, most visitors probably don't even notice it.

Can you spot it?


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Here's St. John's Anglican in Lunenburg, built circa 1760. Lunenburg doesn't have much masonry construction. Almost everything there is wood, but many of the old wooden buildings were constructed with a high level of craftsmanship that makes them stand out.


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Zion Lutheran. Luneburg and Halifax both had large German and Swiss populations during the 1700's.


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St. John's Anglican in Lunenburg is so awesome. I think these smaller ones have a lot of character and personality.
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Easily my favourite church in Halifax (architecturally speaking). I was very familiar with it since it was only a block from Dal med school, and you pretty much had to walk by it on the way to Spring Garden Road. I also lived in Park Vic for a year, and this was just across the way. We usually had our med school exams scheduled for the gymnasium in the Christian Education Building attached to the Cathedral.

The cathedral also used to be more prominent and imposing before they started selling off their land for residential construction.
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Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral in Ottawa. Right across the street from the National Gallery of Canada.



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