Category: Research

Beauty in Church Design

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 ...
Seating

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

The biophilia effect

When we start talking about the "feel" of a new worship or gathering space with a client, we invariably hear ...
Sagrada Familia

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

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 ...
Visitors to the chapel are greeted by a beautiful garden with a view of the assembly space.

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 ...
welternaehrung

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 ...
Kinnaman2

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 ...
St. Patrick's Church

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 ...