Mick Hartley

Sacred Modernity

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Santuario della Beata Vergine della Consolazione in San Marino, Italy

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St Mauritius Kirche in Munich, Germany

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St Paulus Kirche in Neuss-Weckhoven, Germany

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St Matthäus Kirche in Düsseldorf, Germany

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Chiesa di San Nicolao della Flue in Milan, Italy

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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione in Rome, Italy

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L'église Saint-Nicolas in Heremence, Switzerland

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Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Bristol, UK

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Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Vienna, Austria

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Kościół świętego Dominika in Warsaw, Poland
[All images © Jamie McGregor Smith]

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  1. Martin Adamson Avatar
    Martin Adamson

    As Jonathan Meades pointed out in one of his doccos, lots of architects had plans left over from defensive structures commissioned by Albert Speer, so they just stuck big crosses on the front.

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  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    Ha! Well, Meades has an essay in the Sacred Modernity book. Big brutalist fan, Meades.

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