http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/16/the-farewell-chapel-by-ofis-architects/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/16/the-farewell-chapel-by-ofis-architects/#comment-293934 hZ! Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:38:37 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4620#comment-293934 We need to see the rest of it, because we are only so far seeing the vestibule of the snail’s shell. The inside of the spiral, the part unseen, is the inner sanctum. To cheat us of that is unfair after suggesting it in the design. But what a beautiful metaphor; the building almost inside the hill, the ceiling like the ground above, us inside as if interred, and the cross overhead all made of sky. We need to see the rest of it, because we are only so far seeing the vestibule of the snail’s shell. The inside of the spiral, the part unseen, is the inner sanctum. To cheat us of that is unfair after suggesting it in the design.
But what a beautiful metaphor; the building almost inside the hill, the ceiling like the ground above, us inside as if interred, and the cross overhead all made of sky.

]]> http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/16/the-farewell-chapel-by-ofis-architects/#comment-214882 Michael Nash Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:42:44 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4620#comment-214882 Keeping the "spirit" of John Lautner alive... Keeping the “spirit” of John Lautner alive…

]]> http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/16/the-farewell-chapel-by-ofis-architects/#comment-208894 Marcus Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4620#comment-208894 Simply beautiful. Amazing new change to how the site looked before. Simply beautiful. Amazing new change to how the site looked before.

]]> http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/16/the-farewell-chapel-by-ofis-architects/#comment-208696 Tom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:48:20 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4620#comment-208696 This is incredibly elegant, and I think it will be quite effective in encouraging the quiet contemplation appropriate for its locale This is incredibly elegant, and I think it will be quite effective in encouraging the quiet contemplation appropriate for its locale

]]> http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/16/the-farewell-chapel-by-ofis-architects/#comment-208687 Dave Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:42:41 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4620#comment-208687 The rest is probably just a storage room. The rest is probably just a storage room.

]]> http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/16/the-farewell-chapel-by-ofis-architects/#comment-208647 creativefolks.net Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:07:31 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4620#comment-208647 Why not show the rest of the inside? Is it that it's just dull or still being worked on? Why not show the rest of the inside? Is it that it’s just dull or still being worked on?

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