Big French Concrete Churches

[jean]

Not French, but definitely big and emphatically concrete.

[ardcarp]

Where, Jean?

[jean]

Reykjavik. Pictured in this week's Observer as one of its

10 best places for reflection

The Hallgrímskirkja stoically stands guard over Reykjavik. Its stepped concrete facade is an ode to modernism and a reminder of the Icelandic landscape, especially its basalt cliffs formed from cooling lava. The church’s bare interior is stark yet dynamic, with its vaulted ceiling casting delicate scalloped shadows across creamy walls. Its greatest piece of visual art is its organ, which presides like a Last Judgment. The church is named after the 17th-century clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson, author of a famous series of Passion hymns composed for Lent.

[MrGongGong]

Where, Jean?

Hallgrímskirkja, Iceland ?

[MrGongGong]

Reykjavik. Pictured in this week's Observer as one of its

10 best places for reflection

The Hallgrímskirkja stoically stands guard over Reykjavik. Its stepped concrete facade is an ode to modernism and a reminder of the Icelandic landscape, especially its basalt cliffs formed from cooling lava. The church’s bare interior is stark yet dynamic, with its vaulted ceiling casting delicate scalloped shadows across creamy walls. Its greatest piece of visual art is its organ, which presides like a Last Judgment. The church is named after the 17th-century clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson, author of a famous series of Passion hymns composed for Lent.

Sadly the Rothko room was a bit of a corridor last time I went
but this place is rather good