Category: Research
Beauty in Church Design
One of the things I've always enjoyed about designing churches is the fact that aesthetics are an important design criteria ...
Worship space seating – where do you stand?
Churches without seating Many people are surprised when they walk into European churches and don't see any pews. They wonder why ...
The biophilia effect
When we start talking about the "feel" of a new worship or gathering space with a client, we invariably hear ...
Extraordinary Architectural Experiences
Speaking of the Sagrada Familia, I recently saw a reference to an article published several years ago in Faith & ...
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 ...
Can a Church Be a Place of Action and a Place of Rest?
A recent blog post by Clint Jenkin, vice president of research for the Barna Group, asks this important question, specifically ...
Zürich Churches Join the 2000-Watt Challenge
In a referendum held in 2008, three-quarters of the Zürich population voted in favour of achieving the 2000-Watt Society by ...
5 Reasons Millennials Stay Connected to Church
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I attended a conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 subtitled "Make ...
What to do with all these closed churches?
The demolition of St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet, NY earlier this year was one of the saddest things I've seen ...