From Eccles is Saved
Time for another World Cup. We've done Bad hymns (Lord of the Dance), Bad cardinals (Cupich), Bad Catholic journalists (James Martin), and Liturgical abuses (Idols).
So let's have a World Cup of Ugly Churches. They can be Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox - any Christian denomination. We'll exclude mosques, Buddhist temples, etc. (which tend to be quite attractive anyway, although not spiritually nourishing).
To nominate something please provide a URL that links to information about the church in question*, so that I can get a picture and be sure that it really is a church and not a warehouse or nuclear bunker. The photo can be taken outside or inside, whichever you prefer.
*either by replying to this post, or by replying to my Twitter advert.
Voting will be by Twitter polls, and will start when I have enough entrants.
To get us started, here are three strong-looking contenders.
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| Parroquia Santa Monica, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain. |
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| Wotrubakirche, Vienna, Austria. |
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| Eglise Sainte Bernadette du Banlay, France. |
Remember that all these were built in order to glorify God. Or at least to make the architect rich.
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ReplyDeleteIgreja de Santa Maria, Marcos de Canaveses, Portugal - https://www.snpcultura.org/igreja_marco_canaveses_siza_vieira_15_anos.html
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ReplyDeleteCathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland CA, looks like an unfinished basket in the shape of a fish. http://architypereview.com/project/cathedral-of-christ-the-lightissue_id449/
ReplyDeleteWow, Jose. That Iglesia de Santa Maria is the winner, I think. It looks like a cheaply-built industrial warehouse building, with a dent in it.
ReplyDeleteThat church was planned by a very known portuguese communist architect - Siza Vieira
Deletehttps://www.ksg-architekten.info/en/projekte/religious-buildings/maria-magdalena-church-freiburg/
ReplyDelete^^This architecture blog has several photos of Mary Magdalene Ecumenical Parish.
This parish was built in, I believe, 2007 in the newest neighborhood in Freiburg, Germany. It has two naves, one for the Lutherans and one for Catholics. The architectural style is "Brutalism". Look for the niche with the tabernacle to figure out which side is for the Catholic mass.