I'm not a religious person, but cathedral projects (particularly this one, which is famous for being perpetually incomplete) fascinate me. The idea of committing to building something that will...
I'm not a religious person, but cathedral projects (particularly this one, which is famous for being perpetually incomplete) fascinate me.
The idea of committing to building something that will take decades, maybe even centuries - something the backers and builders may well never see the completion of in their lifetimes - strikes me as so refreshingly different from the way we see any other kind of construction project, particularly today when so much effort goes into projecting, measuring and managing time and cost. There's a real 'planting a tree even though you'll never sit beneath its shade' energy to it which is hard not to admire.
...the sagrada familia is certainly an anachronism, but most of the great stone catherals were constructed on the order of centuries; it's typical in that regard...
...the sagrada familia is certainly an anachronism, but most of the great stone catherals were constructed on the order of centuries; it's typical in that regard...
The final piece of the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia has been laid in place, bringing the church to its maximum final height 144 years after work began.
After several days when it has been too windy to work, the upper section of the 17 metre-high four-sided steel and glass cross was winched into position at 11am on Friday, completing the tower dedicated to Jesus Christ. At 172.5 metres, the Sagrada Familia, to which the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí devoted the later part of his life, is Barcelona’s tallest building and the world’s tallest church.
A ceremony to mark the completion of the tower – the tallest of 18 conceived by Gaudí – is due to take place on the centenary of Gaudí’s death in 1926 on 10 June, 16 years after the church was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI.
I'm not a religious person, but cathedral projects (particularly this one, which is famous for being perpetually incomplete) fascinate me.
The idea of committing to building something that will take decades, maybe even centuries - something the backers and builders may well never see the completion of in their lifetimes - strikes me as so refreshingly different from the way we see any other kind of construction project, particularly today when so much effort goes into projecting, measuring and managing time and cost. There's a real 'planting a tree even though you'll never sit beneath its shade' energy to it which is hard not to admire.
...the sagrada familia is certainly an anachronism, but most of the great stone catherals were constructed on the order of centuries; it's typical in that regard...