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Category: Architecture
Posted by: James on 12/20/2005 4:25:00 PM | Digg | Stumble It! | del.icio.us
Ozark chapel honored with AIA 2006 Twenty-five Year Award
 It is one thing to celebrate a new building, but it is another to look back and recognize an outstanding design that has stood the test of time. We have an award winner looking back 5 years to show you from Ireland as well, but here is a building in the US which has been awarded a 25 year award. And I am sure that the Throncrown Chapel will continue to be celebrated for some time to come.
There are not many iconic modern religious structures which come immediately to mind. Thorncrown and Lloyd Wright's Wayfarers Chapel are certainly two of the most significant modern religious buildings in the US that come to my mind. Interestingly both of the Wrightian Organic Architecture school of thought.
Architect E. Fay Jones’s unique appreciation of the site and environment are what make the Crownthorn Chapel so special. Beyond the striking structural concept it is the way that Mr. Jones made use of the tracery of the trees, the dappled light through the foliage and branches, the rooted connection to the earth and the soaring slot of sky above which make this building truly remarkable.
Link: Thorncrown Chapel
Link: AIA - Thorncrown Chapel Selected to Receive AIA 2006 Twenty-five Year Award
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