This instalment of the GA series on contemporary architecture begins with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, California, and from there leaps into a wide array of 60 modern religious masterpieces. Chronologically presented, the book covers familiar classics by Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Oscar Niemeyer, Eero Saarinen, Louis I. Kahn and Paul Rudolph, plus more recent work by Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Steven Holl, Mecanoo, Toyo Ito and Coop Himmelb(l)au. It gives an up close look at each edifice, whether it’s a cathedral or small chapel, along with numerous photographs, architectural drawings and plans.

This instalment of the GA series on contemporary architecture begins with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, California, and from there leaps into a wide array of 60 modern religious masterpieces. Chronologically presented, the book covers familiar classics by Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Oscar Niemeyer, Eero Saarinen, Louis I. Kahn and Paul Rudolph, plus more recent work by Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Steven Holl, Mecanoo, Toyo Ito and Coop Himmelb(l)au. It gives an up close look at each edifice, whether it’s a cathedral or small chapel, along with numerous photographs, architectural drawings and plans.

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1946-51     Lloyd Wright, Wayfarers Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, U.S.A.   
1950-55     Le Corbusier, Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, Haute-Saone, France
1952-54     Auguste Perret, Church of St. Joseph, Le Havre, France
1952-55     Luis Barragan, Chapel for Capuchinas Sacramentarias, Tlalpan, Mexico
1952-57     Heikki Siren, Kaija Siren, Chapel of Helsinki University of Technology Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland
1952-60     Alvar Aalto, Seinajoki Church, Seinajoki, Finland
1953-55     Felix Candela, Church of the Miraculous Virgin, Narvarte, Mexico City, Mexico
1953-55     Eero Saarinen, MIT Chapel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1953-60     Le Corbusier, Dominican Monastery of Sainte-Marie de la Tourette, Eveux-sur-l'Arbresle, near Lyon, France
1953-61     Marcel Breuer, St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, U.S.A.
1953-59     Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1954-62     Marcel Breuer, Annunciation Monastery, Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.A.
1954-62     SOM/Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Cadet Chapel, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.
1954-62     Joseph Salerno, United Church of Rowayton, Rowayton, Connecticut, U.S.A.
1956-58     Alvar Aalto, Vuoksenniska Church, Vuoksenniska, Imatra, Finland
1957-63     Egon Eiermann, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany
    
    
    
1957-58     Angelo Mangiarotti, Bruno Morassutti
Mater Misericordiae Church
Baranzate, Italy
    
    
    
1958-59     Felix Candela, Guillermo Rossell, Manuel Larrosa
Open Chapel, Lomas de Cuernavaca
Morelos, Mexico
    
    
    
1958-60     Eladio Dieste
Atlantida Church
Atlantida, Uruguay
    
    
    
1958-70     Oscar Niemeyer
Metropolitan Cathedral of Nossa Senhora Aparecida
Bras値ia, Brazil
    
    
    
1959-60     Felix Candela, Enrique de la Mora, Fernando L. Carmona
Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul
Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico
    
    
    
1959-63     Eero Saarinen
North Christian Church
Columbus, Indiana, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1959-69     Louis I. Kahn
First Unitarian Church of Rochester
Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1960-64     Giovanni Michelucci
Church of St. John the Baptist
Campi Bisenzio, Firenze, Italy
    
    
    
1960-69     Paul Rudolph
Tuskegee Chapel
Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1961-64     Kenzo Tange
St. Mary's Cathedral
Tokyo, Japan
    
    
    
1961-64     Victor Alfred Lundy
First Unitarian Church
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1960-64     Minoru Yamasaki
North Shore Congregation
Glencoe, Illinois, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1963-69     Aldo van Eyck
Roman Catholic Church
The Hague, The Netherlands
    
    
    
1963-72     Gottfried Boem
Pilgrimage Church
Neviges, Germany
    
    
    
1966-69     Gunnar Birkerts
St. Bede Church
Southfield, Michigan, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1966-71     Pier Luigi Nervi
Papal Audience Hall
Vatican City, Vatican
    
    
    
1965-78     Alvar Aalto
Riola Church and Parish Centre
Riola, Italy
    
    
    
1969-74     Paolo Portoghesi
Church of Sacred Family
Salerno, Italy
    
    
    
1970-72     Carlo Scarpa
Brion-Vega Cemetery
Treviso, Italy
    
    
    
1973-76     Jorn Utzon
Bagsværd Church
Bagsværd, Denmark
    
    
    
1974-76     Ricard Bofill
Sanctuary of Meritxell
Canillo, Andorra
    
    
    
1977-80     Johnson/Burgee
Crystal Cathedral (Garden Grove Community Church)
Garden Grove, California, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1979-83     Moore Ruble Yudell
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1985-91     Enric Miralles/Carme Pinos
Igualada Cemetery
Igualada, Barcelona, Spain
    
    
    
1985-88     Tadao Ando
Church on the Water
Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan
    
    
    
1987-99     Tadao Ando
Church of the Light (Ibaraki Kasugaoka Church) and Sunday School
Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
    
    
    
1987-90     Scogin Elam and Bray Architects
D. Abbott Turner Center, Emory University
Atlanta, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1988-95     Mario Botta
Evry Cathedral
Evry, France
    
    
    
1989-91     Tadao Ando
Water Temple
Awaji-shima Island, Hyogo, Japan
    
    
    
1990-96     Alvaro Siza
Church of Marco de Canavezes
near Porto, Portugal
    
    
    
1991-2004     Renzo Piano
Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church
Foggia, Italy
    
    
    
1992-97     Fumihiko Maki
Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium
Nakatsu, Oita, Japan
    
    
    
1994-95     Tadao Ando
Meditation Space, UNESCO
Paris, France
    
    
    
1994-97     Steven Holl
Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1995-96     Osamu Ishiyama
Kannon-ji Temple
Tokyo, Japan
    
    
    
1996-2002     Rafael Moneo
Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
    
    
    
1998-2000     Tadao Ando
Komyo-ji Temple
Saijo, Ehime, Japan
    
    
    
1998-2000     Gurjit Singh Matharoo
Ashwinikumar Crematorium
Surat, Gujarat, India
    
    
    
1998-2001     Mecanoo
Roman Catholic Chapel St. Mary of the Angels
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    
    
    
2001-02     Kengo Kuma
Adobe Museum for Wooden Buddha, Anyo-ji Temple, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
    
    
    
2001-04     Ryoji Suzuki
Kotohira-gu Temple (Project Konpira)
Kagawa, Japan
    
    
    
2004-06     Toyo Ito
Meisou-no-Mori Municipal Funeral Hall
Gifu, Japan
    
    
    
2006-11     Renzo Piano
Ronchamp Gatehouse and Monastery
Ronchamp, Haute-Saone, France
    
    
    
2008-11     Coop Himmelblau
Martin Luther Church Hainburg
Hainburg, Austria