Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
How do you design a building when your
client is God?
Architects, like other professions, are
required to realize what their clients want or achieve. For example, the newly
opened 104-story One World Trade Center, or 1 WTC, is the primary building of
the new World Trade Center complex in New York City and is the tallest building
in the United States is part of an effort to memorialize and rebuild following
the destruction of the original World Trade Center complex during the attacks
of September 11, 2001. Another example is ancient Egyptian pyramids which were
not only to rest the dead kings for the next world but also to show how great,
wealthy and authoritative the rulers were to their people and perhaps to their
enemies.
So what about religious buildings? There
are numbers of historical, traditional and inspirational architectures around
the world. They are expected to bridge not only the prayers’ spirits to their gods
or prophets but also the people and their communities.
Enjoy reading the article and the photos of
unique contemporary religious architectures.
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