Photo by EventH on FlickrI will be taking photos of the chapel in all its new glory, which I shall post Monday or Tuesday upon my return to Washington. I leave you with some recent photos of the interior, and with this thought: This chapel cost $23 million to complete, whereas Our Lady of the Angels, the Catholic Cathedral of Los Angeles, cost $190 million.
I will do some work on factoring the different sizes and other cost adjustments, but I suspect that the TAC chapel still comes in at least equal, if not less than the Cathedral. Some may say "we just can't build this way any more," but borrowing from the President's campaign slogan, yes we can, and yes we did.
Posts
3 comments:
I thought it was a renovated church from the photos before reading the post. It is absolutey beautiful, and I love the early Renaisance feel of the whole. The detail, light, and color are impeccable. It's truly something to aspire to.
Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. posted the following number crunching on TAC's chapel versus the Taj Mahony over at New Liturgical Movement:
The chapel's full capacity is 650 (with extra aisle seating as at the dedication). At $23 million to build that comes to $34,380 a worshiper. The permanent seating is 350, which would be $65,720 per worshiper.
The Oakland Cathedral, with a capacity of 1500 cost ca. $190 millon. This comes to a cost of $126,660 per worshiper.
The LA Cathedral, with a seating capacity of 3000 cost ca. $200 millon in pre-2002 dollars--today that would be about $235 million. And so that cost was $117,500 per worshiper.
The St. Thomas Chapel looks like a bargain.
Indeed it does.
P.S. I tend to agree this is the best church I've seen built of late, although it is not alone. Stroik's own Guadalupe Shrine in La Crosse is not far behind. The new chapel at the FSSP's seminary and the church at Clear Creek Monastery (both designed by Thomas Gordon Smith, also from Notre Dame) also bode well for the future of traditional Catholic architecture.
http://www.architectsban.webs.com as http://www.seekangroup.com Read more about Green eco architectural designs are reusable materials, green designs etc.. ..… Create an Eco friendly Green design… Save Earth.. http://www.interiordesignersbangalore.com/" as of natural materials http://www.interiordesignersinbangalore.com with almost modern concepts using A few quick ways to reduce your personal carbon footprint: employ eco-friendly methods of travel, eat, minimize use of plastic products and save electricity, water, paper and use of non-toxic alternatives http://www.architectsbangalore.com Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases http://www.seekangroup.com/home save earth use architects suggested materials q2w
Post a Comment