What is it that makes a church building “sacred?” Why do we enter great churches and cathedrals and gasp with wonder while ...

Unlock the elements of design and unveil the meaning in religious architecture. For most of America’s history, sacred buildings represented our greatest feats of innovative engineering and ...

Duncan Stroik, a leading figure of the traditional sacred architecture revival in the U.S., leans over his firm’s latest project, a 33-room retreat house for the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe ...

Sacred Spaces Tours reach across cultural and religious boundaries and use architecture and physical space as a way to appreciate the many different paths to spiritual fulfillment that comprise ...

The Kailasa Temple and the Lie of “No Architecture Before the Mughals” One of the most awe-inspiring examples of human craftsmanship and spiritual intention stands quietly in Ellora, Maharashtra—the ...

Hargreaves’ book, “The Sacred Architecture of Irving J. Gill,” published in April, explores Gill’s churches. “It’s partly history, partly architectural theory and a bit of theology as ...

Looking to spread that appreciation to others, Hargreaves is the curator of the latest La Jolla Historical Society exhibition, “Sacred Architecture of San Diego/Tijuana,” which will be on view ...

How does the architecture of a church shape a congregation’s experience? In his new book, “Sacred Architecture of San Diego/Tijuana,” Dr. Mark Hargreaves provides some answers, with the ...

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Much of his text is given over to a detailed, chronological discussion of cathedral architecture and, more broadly, to forms of worship, the roles of the clergy, the activities of the laypeople ...