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Cappella di SS. Madonna delle Grazie 
The tale of the transformation by artists Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett of a tiny chapel in Brunate, Italy, built in 1914, into an astonishingly colourful building.
http://www.areacom.it/arte_cultura/cappelladelbarolo/
Clifton Cathedral 
This boldly modern Roman Catholic Cathedral was among the first whose design followed the principles of the Second Vatican Council. Designed by the Percy Thomas Partnership, it was consecrated in 1973. The official site includes an illustrated description
http://www.cliftoncathedral.org.uk/
Community Christian Church 
Kansas City, Missouri, church and "steeple of light" designed by Frank Lloyd Wright are still in use by a Disciples of Christ congregation. Information on architecture, art gallery, tours.
http://www.community-christian.org/flwright.htm
Is There A Christian Architecture? 
Duncan G. Stroik interviews Daniel Lee, an architect in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, and son of Protestant missionaries on the church architecture of the late twentieth century.
http://www.catholic.net/beauty_and_truth/template_article.phtml?article_id=400&channel_id=4
New Church Architecture Journal Launched 
A new magazine, Sacred Architecture, edited by Duncan Stroik and devoted to issues of church architecture from an orthodox Catholic perspective premiered in December.
http://www.adoremus.org/299Murray.html
People’s Salvation Cathedral 
Plans, elevations and model submitted by architect Gh. Bratiloveanu for the competition to design a new cathedral in Bucharest, with explanation.
http://www.catedrala.ro
Roots of Modernist Church Architecture 
In this article from Adoremus Bulletin Duncan Stroik, professor of architecture at Notre Dame University, shows how the Church adopted the architecture of the secular realm.
http://www.adoremus.org/1097-Stroik.html
Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church 
Church in San Francisco that was designed to accommodate the congregation's unusual liturgical practices. The official site includes a tour.
http://www.saintgregorys.org/
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool (RC) 
The official site gives a history of this remarkable Modernist building completed in 1967. Designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, the circular plan and spiked elevation is intended to evoke Christ's crown of thorns. Includes virtual tour and history.
http://www.liverpool-rc-cathedral.org.uk/
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