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Cardinals prepare to battle over the future direction of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...
Euronews4d
Dutch architecture studios design a church-turned-pool, where you can walk on water
“Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a church vault and stained-glass windows,” says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. Well, soon you’ll be able to. Dutch architecture studios ...
New Atlas6d
Ambitious church-to-pool conversion gets visitors swimming in Holy Water
Influential Dutch studio MVRDV has been chosen to radically renovate a disused church. The former place of worship is being ...
Good News Network3d
Extraordinary Reuse of Vacant Church: Transforming into a Public Swimming Pool in the Netherlands
Architects in The Netherlands won a competition to transform the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen—into a public ...
ArchDaily6d
MVRDV and Zecc Architecten to Transform Vacant Church into Public Swimming Pool in Heerlen, the Netherlands
Discover how MVRDV and Zecc Architecten transform a former church into a public swimming pool, merging community needs with ...
The Harvard Crimson1d
Harvard GSD Bridges History with the Contemporary in Medieval Architecture Exhibit
The Harvard Graduate School of Design displayed “Envisioning Cluny: Kenneth Conant and Representations of Medieval ...
Yahoo News UK4d
Dutch architecture studios design a church-turned-pool, where you can walk on water
“Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a church vault and stained-glass windows,” says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. Well, soon you’ll be able to. Dutch architecture studios MVRDV and ...
The Architect’s Newspaper5d
MVRDV and Zecc Architecten envision a public swimming pool inside a historic Dutch church
MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have won a competition to transform St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen, the Netherlands, into ...