On the West Coast a new college chapel:
Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, Thomas Aquinas College, Ojai, California. Architect: Professor Duncan Stroik, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame. Cost $22 million.
On the East Coast, a new university oratory
Oratory, Ave Maria College, Ave Maria, Collier County, Florida. Architect: Thomas Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza. Cost $24 million.
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1 Philip Ferrar // Mar 12, 2009 at 8:29 pm
I much prefer the chapel at TAC; however, to be fair, I must say it looks like the Ave Maria Church beats out the many “gynmnasium” types that I have seen and been in. At least there is a sense of space above. But if those are steel girders, that’s a real turn-off!
2 Tim // Mar 12, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Hmmm…It’s a St. Peter’s lookalike versus a cross between Oz and a bishop’s miter. Oh, the incoherence!
3 Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e58v5 // Mar 13, 2009 at 8:29 am
[...] Two chapels. [...]
4 The young fogey // Mar 13, 2009 at 10:26 am
Of course I love the first one; all the second one needs are six candles, a cross and cards on the altar and an apsidal mural or tapestry.
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