GA Contemporary Architecture 12: RELIGIOUS

Edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa, 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.

• 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, 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

246 pages, 112 in color & bw /  24 x 31 cm / English, Japanese