Thursday, October 2, 2008

Building Holy Ascension in South Carolina





Enlightening interview with Frederica Mathewes-Green and architect Andrew Gould on the regional difference in building churches; Greek style versus modifications for Slavic churches to adapt to snow, the "womb-like" nature of arches, adapting to the location, etc. They walk through the new church and discuss what they see. The architect is obviously a man with an attention to detail and an understanding of history. He also took in a lot of the local Charleston architectural flavor, which is laudable. I youtubed the raising of the dome from their website.

3 comments:

  1. Is the Holy Table typically made wholly out of wood? (A question from a Latin.)

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  2. It is, though it can also be made of stone. This prompts me to do a post on the holy table. I should have something posted today.

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  3. Thank you. I'm looking forward to your post on the holy table!

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