Saint John's Abbey Church documents the dialogue of the design process, as Breuer instructed the monks about architecture and they in turn guided him and his associates in the construction of a sacred space in the crucial years of liturgical reform. A reading of letters, drawing…
Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Bricks and Brothers: Establishing the Benedictines in Collegeville -- 2. The Twelve Apostles: Selecting the Architect -- 3. Building the Spiritual Axis: Breuer and the Benedictines Design a Modern…
"In the 1950s the brethren at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint John the Baptist in Collegeville, Minnesota--the largest Benedictine abbey in the world--decided to expand their campus, including building a new church. From a who's who of architectural stars--such as Walter Gropius,…
"In the 1950s the brethren at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint John the Baptist in Collegeville, Minnesota--the largest Benedictine abbey in the world--decided to expand their campus, including building a new church. From a who's who of architectural stars--such as Walter Gropius,…