This concrete church may look like a bunker from the outside, but the interior is very light and organic with light materials. A simple outdoor bell tower of wood is a contrast to the concrete.
Gug Church was built in 1977. Architects Inger & Johannes Exner.
It's built in brutalist style with raw concrete and effectively zero decoration. It is situated by itself as if on an island and seems impregnable. It seems more like a fort or maybe even a prison than a church. Inside however there is a beautiful light and it seems almost warm in contrast to its exterior. Take a look at r/nowaythatsachurch for unusual looking religious buildings.
Gug Church was built in 1977. Architects Inger & Johannes Exner.
It's built in brutalist style with raw concrete and effectively zero decoration. It is situated by itself as if on an island and seems impregnable. It seems more like a fort or maybe even a prison than a church. Inside however there is a beautiful light and it seems almost warm in contrast to its exterior.
For more unusual churches including brutalist churches check out my sub r/nowaythatsachurch
Gug Church was built in 1977. Architects Inger & Johannes Exner.
It's built in brutalist style with raw concrete and effectively zero decoration. It is situated by itself as if on an island and seems impregnable. It seems more like a fort or maybe even a prison than a church. Inside however there is a beautiful light and it seems almost warm in contrast to its exterior.
Baunekirken (kirke=church) was completed in 1977. The architect was Kristian Kristiansen.
It's has a very unique design as in Denmark round churches are only found on Bornholm and very few elsewhere. And those are about 800 years older than this one.
Inside you can perhaps see the likeness to the old round churches, but from the outside it looks like the architect was inspired by - perhaps - Le Corbusier.
Holy Cross Church (Hellig Kors Kirke) was completed in 2008. The architect was Jan Søndergaard. The design means few right angles.
From above there is a cross visible (last image).
Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen was built in 1976 by the world famous architect Jørn Utzon most widely known for the Sydney Opera House.
The exterior has elements of industrial design of the modernism, but also got some elements from a typical white Danish rural church.
Inside there is a fabulous natural light coming from the outside, and the church rooms have an amazing lightness and airiness to them.
The Church of Saint-Pierre in Yvetot, whose construction was originally entrusted to Camille III just before the French Revolution, was destroyed in 1940 by German bombing. It was rebuilt in 1956 with a circular design. The stained-glass window in this church, covering 1,046 m², is considered the largest in Europe. Since October 8, 2001, the building has been listed as a historic monument.
Text from the official website of the town :
https://www.yvetot.fr/eglise-saint-pierre/
Hi, I just started a new subreddit called r/nowaythatsachurch for churches and other religious buildings that look different than usual. Brutalist churches are a great example of this, but you've probably seen other examples too!
The idea is that people post pictures of such buildings, so that people can look at churches that are not for example gothic cathedrals or classicist churches and mosques that don't look like the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
I hope to find others with the same interest, so we can build a nice collection there and continue to surprise each others with pictures of great buildings! Pop by and see if it's something for you.
I hope that many of you will join r/nowaythatsachurch.
Hi all users of r/Architects
I've started a new subreddit called r/nowaythatsachurch for churches and other religious buildings that look different than usual. Brutalist churches are a great example of this, but you've probably seen other examples too!
The idea is that people post pictures of such buildings, so that people can look at churches that are not for example gothic cathedrals or classicist churches and mosques that don't look like the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
I hope to find others with the same interest, so we can build a nice collection there and continue to surprise each others with pictures of great buildings! Pop by and see if it's something for you.
I hope that many of you will join r/nowaythatsachurch.
Hi all users of r/brutalism
I've started a new subreddit called r/nowaythatsachurch for churches and other religious buildings that look different than usual. Brutalist churches are a great example of this!
The idea is that people post pictures of such buildings, so that people can look at churches that are not for example gothic cathedrals or classicist churches and mosques that don't look like the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
I hope to find others with the same interest, so we can build a nice collection there and continue to surprise each others with pictures of great buildings! Pop by and see if it's something for you.
I hope that many of you will join r/nowaythatsachurch.