Author Archives: James Hundt

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Two King’s Chapels

King Louis IX was quite a remarkable man and leader. The only French monarch to be canonized, he had a ...
Spaces where God can be found

Spaces where God can be found

I've written a few times before about millennials and their presence (or lack thereof) in the church today. The Aspen ...
New matchmaking tool available to Chicago churches

New matchmaking tool available to Chicago churches

In the past two decades, our firm has prepared almost seventy Master Plans for churches throughout the country. Although a ...
New cross arrives at St. Boniface Church

New cross arrives at St. Boniface Church

Foresight Architects has been working with St. Boniface Episcopal Church in Guilderland, NY on a Master Plan that would update ...
Notre Dame Drawing

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Did you know that Victor Hugo had a significant role in the life of Notre-Dame de Paris (as the cathedral ...
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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

Little did I know, when I arrived at the Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres that I would be walking into the midst ...
Sacre Coeur Exterior

First stop – Sacré-Cœur, Paris, France

Sitting atop the highest hill in Paris (Montmarte), the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur is the second highest structure in Paris - ...
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Jim’s Story – Part Three

When he started the firm in 1993 and decided to specialize in church design, Jim had every intention of making ...
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Thoughts for Father’s Day 2014

The very first church I ever designed - Helderberg Reformed Church - was back in 1986. At that time, public ...
St. Moritz Church, Augsburg, Germany Photo © Gilbert McCarragher

Does your church feel more like a museum than a place of worship?

In these days of diminishing urban congregations still trying to hold onto beautiful historic buildings, sometimes it is not hard ...