The recently refurbished gardens of the cemetery of Osu, a busy neighborhood east of the central district of Accra, is the site of the project for the new National Cathedral of Ghana. It will complete a ceremonial and scenic route through Osu Cemeter
The project called to build a contemporary gallery to protect the western portal of the Gothic cathedral of Angers, where precious polychromatic sculptures from the 12th and the 17th centuries have been recently discovered. To create a harmonious dia
The project ‘Between Cathedrals’ sought to carry out an intervention worthy of the most significant location in the history of Cadiz, the oldest city of the West: the empty space between the Old and New Cathedrals, facing the sea. The objectives were
Surrounded with symbolism, like any religious building, the Cathedral of Brasilia – whose official name is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida – is one of the most expressive pieces in the capital. It is located in a secondary area of the
Planning to give Los Angeles a new Catholic cathedral, Cardinal Roger Mahoney asked Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown, and Rafael Moneo to present ideas for a garden/sanctuary in memory of Friar Junípero S
Plaza Belluga, which includes the palace of the cardinal of the same name and the monumental facade of the cathedral, is framed by buildings that the local bourgeoisie erected in times gone by to enjoy this vantage location. The razing of one of thes
The cathedral, “the soul of France” finally resurrected following a meticulous five-year, €700m restoration. “The area around Notre Dame has changed so much throughout history,” says Bas Smets, the Belgian landscape architect who won an open competit
Locals in Barcelona accuse religious foundation in charge of Gaudí‘s masterpiece of highhandedness. A gigantic 12-pointed star was installed on Monday on one of the main towers of the basilica of the Sagrada Família, Antoni Gaudí’s masterpiece that h
Exactly how the fire broke out is now the subject of an intensive investigation by the French authorities, who are so far treating the disaster as an accident. Much remains to be learned. But already it is emerging that Notre-Dame, irreplaceable as i
The same week in spring 1996 that Rafael Moneo received the Pritzker Prize in Los Angeles, he was also awarded by one of those coincidences of fate the commission to design that city’s cathedral. Delivering his acceptance speech at the Getty Center,
All the photographs published in the monograph issue of Gaseta de les Arts of July 1926, dedicated to Gaudí in commemoration of his death, show us views of the architect’s workshop at the Sagrada Familia or images of the sculptural processes used by
