Posted on 02/11/2018 7:45:40 AM PST by SMGFan
From coast to coast, places of worship span nearly every architectural style, whether it’s a futuristic church in rural Indiana designed by one of Finland’s greatest architects (Eero Saarinen) or the recently restored Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Unity Temple in suburban Chicago. Mormon temples’ spires soar into the skyline and some Jewish temples are shapely in style, whether it’s a modern box or in perfect pitch with Feng Shui’s curvy chi. And no matter how many decades it’s been since their construction, a tiny steeple in the woods will never slip out of vogue.
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None shown for Florida
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We’re still a state, I think.
Considering the fact that they chose something that resembles a barn silo as the most beautiful church in Massachusetts, consider yourself lucky you were left out.
I was glad to see so many Christian places of worship! I thought for sure A.D. would have a bunch of New Age, Indian and Islamic sites instead.
Michigan has many beautiful churches; wish they would’ve chosen one of them instead of the mosque in Dearborn
Yes, that one is particularly ugly. Overall, some nice ones and some not so nice. I like Kentucky's (slide 17).
Because original page has no photo?
St. Bernard de Clairvaux (North Miami Beach, Florida)
St. Bernard de Clairvaux is more widely known to tourists than parishioners (for Sunday-morning mass). During the 1920s, William Randolph Hearst bought the stone monastery cloister (dating back to 1133 AD in Spain) and shuttled it to New York City in parts. Not until the middle of last century, however, was it reinstalled in Florida.
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/most-beautiful-place-of-worship-every-state
I’m not surprised that the Indiana pick was from Columbus; but that city would also make the list of most ugly churches in America (First Christian Church).
One of the criteria for the list given seems to be cultural diversity. Some of the choices are quite ugly, even by modernist standards.
As for the Texas choice, the building is quite ugly on the outside - patterned after a concrete farm silo. First Presbyterian (liberal, PCUSA) a few blocks away is much more attractive, both inside and out.
Having been to several countries in the Middle East, I'll give credit where credit is due. The grand mosques are stunning works of architecture and it's that Sunni oil money that builds the ones in America as well.
Yea, cause that’s what God cares about...
Islamic Center,Dearborn,MI.
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I figured every one would be a mosque.
These people know nothing of beauty.
Kind of ironic that we can’t take it with us but we like to spend a lot to make “places of worship” breathtaking in their display of riches....
Sure, I think He cares about effort and a sense of importance in His places of worship.
There are a bunch better than the one listed for CO.
Have you seen pictures of our State Buildings in Tallahassee? We seem to have a different ‘take’ on things here in Florida... might be why we’re not on the ‘better lists’...
from link:
“The new Capitol, though, turned out to be a monument to something else. There’s a 22-story executive branch tower bluntly thrusting itself toward the sky, bracketed by a pair of domes for the House and Senate. Drive toward it on Apalachee Parkway and it’s hard to miss the resemblance to ...
I understand a backboard as the centerpiece at a place of worship, but usually they're placed indoors above the court, not outdoors above the parking lot. Modernism, I guess.
This was not about the most beautiful Of course they got AZ wrong
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