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Buildings designed specifically for Christian purposes.

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• Clifton Cathedral

  http://cliftoncathedral.org/
  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.

• Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association

  http://www.easanet.co.uk/
  EASA is a non-profit organisation in the UK which promotes good standards of design and repair of ecclesiastical buildings across all denominations.

• New Church Architecture Journal Launched

  http://www.adoremus.org/299Murray.html
  A new magazine, Sacred Architecture, edited by Duncan Stroik and devoted to issues of church architecture from an orthodox Catholic perspective premiered in December.

• Roots of Modernist Church Architecture

  http://www.adoremus.org/1097-Stroik.html
  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.

• Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church

  http://www.saintgregorys.org/
  Church in San Francisco that was designed to accommodate the congregation's unusual liturgical practices. The official site includes a tour.

• The Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool (RC)

  http://www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk/
  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.

• The Roughwood British Churches Album

  http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/ChurchFrames.htm
  Photographs of the interior and exterior features of historical churches in England.

• Village Churches In and Around Peterborough

  http://www.robschurches.moonfruit.com/
  Includes several hundred photographs of churches within 20 miles of Peterborough, England.

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