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Old Posted Mar 18, 2021, 6:17 PM
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Shigeru Ban's 'Cardboard Cathedral', built to temporarily host the congregation of the Christchurch Cathedral following the 2011 earthquakes - constructed primarily of carboard, polycarbon sheeting and steel shipping containers.



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Mission San Francisco de Asis

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Mission San Francisco de Asís was founded 29 June 1776 (6th in order) by Padre Francisco Palóu and Padre Pedro Benito Cambón. The mission is named for Saint Francis of Assisi. The current site was picked in 1782 because of the harsh conditions at the original mission. The building was built so well it weathered the 1906 earthquake and is considered to be the oldest intact building in San Francisco.
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Old Posted Mar 18, 2021, 10:46 PM
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Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC, USA



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Got turned into apartments about 10 years back but it scared the life out of me growing up.

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St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Manhattan NYC - this church and its congregation is the reason that Citigroup Center was built on 'stilts'.

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The cantilever exists because the northwest corner of the building site is occupied by St. Peter's Lutheran Church. When Citicorp Center was built in the 1970s, the church allowed Citicorp to demolish the old church building and build the skyscraper under one condition: a new church would have to be built on the same corner, not attached to the Citicorp building and no columns passing through it, because the church wanted to remain on the site of the new development, near one of the intersections.




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Old Posted Mar 19, 2021, 6:28 AM
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The Grossmünster, Zurich Switzerland-

The current structure dates to 1100 and retains rare pre-reformation artwork that survived iconoclasm. Many of the colorful windows in the structure were designed by modern and post-modern artists like Augusto Giacometti or Sigmar Polke. One of the two soaring towers is still accessible to the public via a narrow medieval staircase.







A window by Sigmar Polke dating from 2009 made from fused agate slices.



The view from the top of the tower.

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Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

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Mormon Temple

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Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church

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St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church

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Christ Church

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St. Peter's Church

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Tenth Presbyterian Church

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Temple Beth Zion Beth Israel

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The Church of the Holy Trinity

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St. John the Baptist

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Bryn Mawr Cathedral (Philly Metro)

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Bryn Athyn Cathedral (Philly Metro)

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Let's try these image sizes again. Indeed, this thread somehow made it seven pages without anyone bringing up the church that is so massive, it is its own country. What's more badass than that?

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.

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Why has the tower of Bryn Mawr Cathedral such a strange pinnacle?
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Why has the tower of Bryn Mawr Cathedral such a strange pinnacle?
The church itself dates to 1927 - the majority of the structure is strictly neo-gothic, but the cast metal spire has a distinct Deco flair. You can see the unique blending of styles when given a closer look, like so:

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First Presbyterian Church, Baltimore - 1859 - I particularly like the stark contrast between the monotone brownstone exterior with the wild pink technicolor dreamscape inside. Extra points for the mirrored ornaments on the spire.





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Church of the Holy Ascension, Unalaska, Alaska. A refuge of civilization on a windswept island surrounded by the (usually abysmal weather) Bering Sea


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San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church in Taos NM

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Saints Peter and Paul Church, North Beach, San Francisco, CA



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Old Saint Hilary's Church, Tiburon, CA
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Cathedral of St. Vibiana, 1876, Los Angeles


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The cathedral was heavily damaged by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, and was eventually replaced by the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. It is now an event space owned by the city of Los Angeles.

Speaking of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels:



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