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To: RightWhale; annieokie
Bad as I find Wright's home designs, few designs for churches give me the willys as much as this one by Le Corbusier: http://www.archinform.net/medien/00000418.htm?ID=296d14424615898ab71c73bbe9d8fa12

Yeech.

Yet, the critics loooooooooooooooooooovvvvvve it.
14 posted on 01/12/2004 3:23:55 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: Age of Reason
In Alaska we worship Le Corbusier. We can build anything out of steam pipe and plywood.
15 posted on 01/12/2004 3:37:38 PM PST by RightWhale (How many technological objections will be raised?)
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To: Age of Reason
Here is an example of a beautiful church...

First Presbyterian Church of Stamford, CT.


The outside of the church earned it the nickname, the Fish Church:

Sorry for the small, dated pic. It's the only one I could find quickly.


The architect was Wallace Harrison, famous for the U.N. building, Rockefeller Center, The Met Opera House and other famous NY buildings.
18 posted on 01/12/2004 5:38:50 PM PST by StrictTime ("Morning noon and night there's dwinks and dancing, some quick womancing, and then a shower.")
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