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Antoni Gaudí Was a Venerated Architect. Now He May Become a Saint.
Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
As His 143-Year-Old Church Nears Completion, Architect Antoni Gaudí Is Placed on the Path to Sainthood
The Sagrada Familia has faced the Spanish Civil War, fires, the COVID-19 pandemic and periods of economic growth and downturn. The ambitious church, situated in the Eixample district of Barcelona, is ...
Pope puts ‘God’s architect,’ Antoni Gaudí, on a path to sainthood
Pope Francis declared the Sagrada Familia architect “venerable,” the second step in the beatification process. He still must ...
Antoni Gaudi, Spanish architect who designed Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, put on the path to sainthood
Antoni Gaudi was a devout Catholic and believed the construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica was his way to make ...
The Harvard Crimson2d
Harvard GSD Bridges History with the Contemporary in Medieval Architecture Exhibit
The Harvard Graduate School of Design displayed “Envisioning Cluny: Kenneth Conant and Representations of Medieval ...
Cleveland.com7d
St. Basil the Great Catholic Church honors the past as it builds for the future
studying official Catholic Church guidelines on church architecture and working closely with architects to craft a design that honors both St. Basil’s history and the broader Catholic tradition.
The Architect’s Newspaper6d
MVRDV and Zecc Architecten envision a public swimming pool inside a historic Dutch church
MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have won a competition to transform St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen, the Netherlands, into ...
Religion News Service on MSN7d
Pope Francis puts Antoni Gaudí, architect of Sagrada Família, on path to canonization
Jordi Faulí I Oller is currently the head architect of the basilica, the seventh to hold the position. Several architects who ...