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Cathedral Of St George The Vanquisher

Archilogy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:27:39 +0000

Located on the central Slava square, next to the seat of regional government and the war memorial with the eternal flame, the cathedral was completed on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the end of WWII.

Cathedral Of St George The Vanquisher

This historical memorial is of relatively small size (only 35 m tall), but its radiance is incredible; at night the whitewashed walls are bathed in light, transforming it into an apparition. The five cupolas are coated with titanium nitrate alloy, and can he see glistening in the sun even from a long distance.

Lutheran Church

Archilogy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:29 +0000

This Church is a coming together of Scandinavian wooden construction techniques with
Hungarian tradition.

: Lutheran Church

Building was initiated by Finnish tourists, who spent their holidays on Lake Balaton, and who are remembered in the name of the main porch, the Suomi Gate. In the smooth organic context the gate and the windows look like a face with the wings of angels as eyelashes. The interior under the enormous roof is a timber framework.

St Martin-In-The-Fields, London

Archilogy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:00:57 +0000

In this new (not rebuilt) church of 1722-6, James Gibbs’ study of Roman buildings led him to a successful marriage between the traditional steeple form that people felt was expected of a church, and a wide temple portico in the Classical taste. It served as a model for many others.

St Martin-In-The-Fields, London

This view from the south-west (opened up after 1820 when the space that is now Trafalgar Square began to be cleared and rebuilt) shows the round topped side windows with their characteristic decoration, a style which came to be described as “Gibbs surrounds”. The ceiling inside the church is still resplendent with original fine Masterwork executed by Italian craftsmen.

Cathedral of the Smolny Convent

Archilogy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:29:25 +0000

: Cathedral of the Smolny Convent, 1744-57

Rastrelli’s masterpiece is the cathedral of the Smolny convent. It has a central plan layout with a high dome flanked by four domed towers that represent the most successful synthesis of a traditional Russian church with the motifs typical of baroque architecture. In keeping with the desires of the Tsarina Elizabeth, he inserted purely Russian elements in the articulation of the five onion domes.

S Maria del Priorato, Rome

Archilogy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:00:40 +0000

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, S Maria del Priorato, Rome, begun 1764

Piranesi expressed the complexity of his perception of ancient Rome in his only architectural work. The exuberant decoration of the wall around the church – with its apparently casual blend of motifs drawn from both imperial Rome and Christianity – contrasts with the distinct clarity of the facade, in which the choice of limpid geometric forms and the flat background surfaces indicate, in a neo-classical style, the overcoming of the predilection for the values of late baroque architecture.