The above sketch illustrates the new St. Mark's Church in Huntersville, North Carolina, designed by ecclesiastical architect, Duncan Stroik. To me, Stroik's work can be used as a benchmark for what can be achieved in new ecclesiastical structures. As Stroik's website states regarding the new St. Mark's Church ... "It is modeled on the broad tradition of Catho
lic architecture in the United States as well as churches dedicated to St. Mark in Venice, Florence and Rome."Key words ... "BROAD TRADITION".
If you check out the drawings of St. Mark's on Stroik's website, you can't deny the church feels both modern AND traditional. The design is an elegant marriage of modern and traditional aesthetics.
The next time you hear that a church committee is interested in hiring an architect to design their new church ... this is who you should call.
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