Praxiteles

St. Michael’s, Blackrock, Co. Cork

Praxiteles has been sent the following pictures of old St Michael’s, Blackrock, Co. Cork, designed by Br. Michael Augustine O’Riordan and burned on 31 January 1962:

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Monday, January 02, 2012Fire at historic church in Dublin city centre

Monday, January 02, 2012Fire at historic church in Dublin city centre

GARDAÍ ARE INVESTIGATING after a substantial fire was brought under control at a historic church in Dublin city centre this afternoon.

A man in his 50s was arrested after emergency services were called to the blaze at St Catherine’s Church on Meath Street in the Liberties area at around 4.45pm.

He is currently in custody at Kevin Street garda station.

Four water tenders and an aerial ladder were deployed by Dublin Fire Brigade to bring the fire under control.

A number of garda units also attended the scene.

Emergency services are not currently aware of any injuries.

Meath Street has been closed between Thomas Street and Dean Street while the scene is being examined.

According to archaeological reports, the current building dates from the mid-19th century but a church has stood on the site since the 18th century.

The Dura-Europos Synagogue: Jewish Sacred Art

The Dura-Europas synagogue is one of the oldest surviving synagogues. Located in Syria, it is dated to A.D. 244. It was discovered in the 1930’s during excavations of the Dura Europoa site.

http://divdl.library.yale.edu/dl/Browse.aspx?qc=Eikon&qs=464

Cardbord Cathedral – Christchurch, New Zealand

http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_WORKS/SBA_PROJECTS/SBA_PROJECTS_26/SBA_Projects_26.html

SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS
坂　茂　建　築　設　計

1957 Born in Tokyo 東京生まれ
1977-80 Southern California Institute of Architecture 南カリフォルニア建築大学（ＳＣＩ-ＡＲＣ）在学（ロサンゼルス）
1980-82 Cooper Union School of Architecture クーパー・ユニオン建築学部在学（ニューヨーク）
1982-83 Worked for Arata Isozaki, Tokyo, Japan 磯崎新アトリエ勤務
1984 Bachelor of Architecture, Cooper Union School of Architecture クーパー・ユニオン卒業、Bachelor of Architecture取得
1985 Established private practice in Tokyo, Japan 坂茂建築設計設立
1993-95 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Tama Art University 多摩美術大学建築学科非常勤講師
1995-99 Consultant of United Nations High Commissioner for Refgees (UNHCR) 国連難民高等弁務官事務所（ＵＮＨＣＲ）コンサルタン
1995 Established VAN (Voluntary Architects Network) VAN（ﾎﾞﾗﾝﾀﾘｰ建築家機構) を設立
1995-99 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Yokohama National University 横浜国立大学建築科非常勤講師
1996-2000 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Nihon University 日本大学理工学部建築科非常勤講師
2000 Visiting Professor, Columbia University コロンビア大学建築学科客員教授
2000 Visiting Fellow, Donald Keen Center, Columbia University コロンビア大学ドナルド・キーン研究所特別研究員
2001-2008 Professor, Keio University 慶応義塾大学環境情報学部教授
2005 Amherst College Doctor of Human Letters アメースト・カレッジ 名誉博士号-人道的活動
2006-2009 Jury of Pritzker Architecture Prize プリツカー賞審査員
2009 National Order of the Legion of Honor in France ロルドル・ナショナル・ド・ラ・レジオン・ドヌール勲章（フランス）
2009 Honorary Doctorate of Technical University of Munich ミュンヘン工科大学　名誉博士号
2009 Grand Prize of AIJ 2009 日本建築学会賞-作品部門
2010 Visiting Professor, Havard University Graduate School of Design ハーバード大学GSD客員教授
2010 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France フランス芸術文化勲章
2010 Visiting Professor,Cornell University コーネル大学　客員教授
2011 Auguste Perret Prize オーギュスト・ペレ賞
2011- Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design 京都造形芸術大学芸術学部環境デザイン学科教授

St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/pugin/35.html

Gazetteer of the works of E.W. Pugin

http://www.pugin-society.1to1.org/LL-gazetteer.html

When it comes to fixing the church roof, rarely has it been so difficult to reach agreement as at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

But, after a centuries-old stand-off between rival religious sects, it looks as if the reputed birthplace of Jesus may finally get the renovation it so badly needs.

With Palestine’s recent admission to Unesco, the body responsible for protecting historic sites, the Palestinian Authority hopes to win recognition for the 1,500 year-old basilica as a World Heritage site, the first step towards tapping the UN’s cultural body for the millions of dollars it needs to fund repairs.

After centuries of neglect that experts believe have damaged the frescoes beyond repair, Palestinian officials say that the most urgent renovations should now go ahead next year.

“We will start with the roof,” said Ziad al-Bandak, an adviser to the Palestinian Authority on Christian affairs. “Hopefully we can start after Easter.”

Experts estimate the cost of the entire renovation could reach between $10-$15m (£6.5-£9.7m).

The most urgent repair of the leaking roof comes in at roughly €1.5m, Mr Bandak said, some of which money has already been raised.

Palestinian officials say the rest will depend on Unesco, itself facing a $65m funding cut from the United States for its decision to admit Palestine.

The Church of the Nativity is among the oldest churches in the world, surviving earthquakes and fires, and more recently, the 2002 siege of Bethlehem, when Palestinian militants took refuge in it.

But it is the explosive tensions between the Christian custodians that are the greatest threat to the basilica.

The three communities with rights to the church – the Greek Orthodox, the Armenian Orthodox and the Roman Catholics – can all find the money to repair it.

But none of the three sects has been willing to allow the others to pay for repairs, fearful that it will give the others a right to a part of the church that is not theirs.

“If you repair the roof, under Ottoman law, you own the structure,” said Raymond Cohen, who has written a book about renovations at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Selpuchre. “In the pub, you want somebody else to buy the round. In the Church of the Nativity, it’s the opposite. Everyone wants to pay.”

Tempers can quickly flare over the most basic of tasks. Several years ago, monks flew at each other after Greek Orthodox monks encroached on the Armenian area during a pre-Christmas clean-up, prompting the intervention of Palestinian police.

The PA has sidestepped these rivalries by proposing to oversee the repairs, drawing for some funds on its own coffers but mainly on the international community, a suggestion accepted last year by religious leaders.

It is, as one Palestinian official quipped, “the most successful example of Palestinian negotiations yet”.

But the intervention comes not a moment too soon.

In a damning Unesco report from 1997, the authors wrote that, when it rained, large puddles formed on the floor of the church, that dripping rainwater had damaged some of the wall and floor mosaics “beyond repair” and warned that loose masonry posed a serious threat to the safety of tourists.

The roof hasn’t been replaced since the 15th century, when King Edward IV of England sent lead, and Philip, Duke of Burgundy, dispatched wood and iron.

St. Mary’s Church, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan

This church is just celebrating the 150 anniversary of its foundation with a series of public events and lectures. Curiously, in the middle of the celebratory events we find the following:

Tues 15th Nov: 7.30pm, Renewing our Church-Breathing New Life into an old building. Speaker: Karl Pederson, Mullarkey Pederson, Architects, Derry.

It is very interesting that these portents should show up and even more interesting to consider the context in which they were talking:

The design of St Mary’s is the work of the Co Armagh architect James Hughes. It is cruciform in shape, using a design known as ‘pointed-Gothic’. The stained glass window in the apse forms a strong internal feature, with the image of the crucified Christ dominating. It also has images of Our Blessed Lady, St Patrick, St Brigid and St Peter, Dating from the 1880s it is attributed to the world renowned stained glass producer Meyer of Munich, who also produced many of the windows for St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan.

From the Pugin Foundation in Australia

Pugin Bi-Centenary

Thursday 1 March 2012 marks the bi-centenary of Pugin’s birth. The Pugin Foundation intends to mark this highly significant milestone with a series of celebrations and events. We are making good progress in our planning to mark the occasion.
We expect the Australian celebrations to extend from Thursday 1 March to Monday 5 March. They will be centred on Tasmania where the largest, most coherent and most complete heritage of his buildings and objects in Australia is to be found. Also under consideration are possible collaborative events with our English sister organisation, The Pugin Society, and with the town of Cheadle, Staffordshire, site of Pugin’s magnificent St Giles’ Church.
The following is the list of celebrations and activities to date:
A small exhibition of Pugin metalwork, textiles, books, wood and stone carvings, to be held in the newly-completed St Mary’s Cathedral Centre, Hobart, from 1 to 5 March
An organ recital by respected organist, composer and musicologist Dom Alban Nunn OSB in St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, on Friday evening 2 March, at 8.00pm
A concert by the Hobart Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Peter Tanfield, in St John the Evangelist’s Church, Richmond, on Saturday afternoon 3 March, at 3.00pm
A concert by the Choir of Newman College within the University of Melbourne, conducted by Gary Ekkel, in St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, on Saturday evening 3 March,at 8.00pm
A Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in St Patrick’s Church, Colebrook, on Sunday 4 March at 10.00AM, with the Choir of Newman College within the University of Melbourne. The setting will be William Byrd’s Mass for 5 voices, with the Propers for the Second Sunday in Lent in Sarum and Gregorian chant (for details click here). Note that because seating is very limited in St Patrick’s the Mass will be ticketed. Tickets will be offered in the first instance to our Friends of Pugin and their families and then to Richmond parishioners (St Patrick’s lies within Richmond Parish). The Mass will be followed by:
A light luncheon in the Colebrook Village Hall for attendees
A Bach solo violin recital by noted Australian violinist Peter Tanfield in St Patrick’s Church, Colebrook, on Sunday afternoon 4 March, the time to be announced
Open days in Pugin’s Tasmanian churches on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March
A free public lecture in Hobart on Pugin’s Australian heritage, the date, time and venue to be announced
We are also planning a special Bi-centennial edition of our Friends of Pugin Newsletter, issue number 66 for March 2012. It will only be available to our Friends of Pugin.
Our Friends of Pugin will also be given concession rates to attend the above-listed concerts and recitals.
As our planning advances we will continue to keep you informed on this page, including dates, events, times and locations as they are finalised. We also plan to put the various concert and recital program details online on this website as they are finalised and will provide details of how and where tickets can be purchased.
We hope you will help us to mark Pugin’s Bi-centenary in a manner befitting the extraordinary influence of this giant of nineteenth-century design.

Concert and Recital Program Details
Organ recital by Dom Alban Nunn OSB: Download the program here.

@gunter wrote:

That is truly a bizarre mock-up, the interior is lit up as though Longford Cathedral was getting a conservatory roof, complete with spindly shadows on the restored columns, yet the image clearly shows the vaulted ceiling restored as it was before the fire with the same clearstory windows – very strange.

Indeed. It is a most bizzare piece but probably something much better that what is intended to happen in St Mel’s.