Reminds me of a shower thought I had a while ago: why aren’t more churches/temples basically groves in forests? Even in an urban environment, why not cultivate some grand trees as a little forested oasis?

You could still put covers against rain and lights, fires and heaters against the dark and cold. Statues, murals and structures too.

Dunno, maybe I just like trees a lot.

Thank you heartfelt for the share... Ineffably magnificent work of art... ingenious marvel of great experience expressed... and human effort and love...

May I ask what is the location of the miracle?

Not OP, but that looks like Anthony Chapel in HotSprings, Arkansas, USA.

Watch out. As soon as you retrieve the idol from the alter those blades are going to start falling. If you run flat out down the nave you might be able to slide under the portcullis just before it grinds shut. Don't forget to grab your hat.

Being here in a rain storm would be my dream

Been to the Mildred B Cooper chapel and the ThornCrown chapel In Arkansas. This feels like they have to be in that same school of architecture.

Very much not a religious person but there really is something special about these buildings. Gives the perfect nature is a religion vibe.

Before scrolling fully down I thought it was a corn field nearing harvest time... 🙂

Well I know where to go on the next road trip. I'm just up in Missouri a few hours away.

I feel like I've seen this place used in a tv show.

It is both brutalist and highly natural. Like you got caught in Spider Pope's webs. He is going to spin you up, read you your last rights, and then inject you with venom as your last moments are angelic and terrifying.

Beautiful!

I gives a bunch of spears feel along with a nature feel. Would be perfect for nordic especially odin.

Note to self: looks like a place of quiet contemplation, but whatever you do, don't bring the cat!

Damn, the religious have fine taste.

it looks good but the acoustics seems to be bad

Wasn’t this in the first season of Sliders?

Dude in þe cap nicely demonstrating þe reason why caþedrals (and þis chapel) are designed like þis: it instinctively draws þe eye towards þe sky, makes you tilt your head back, and reminds one of how relatively small one is.

Such a lovely design.

Nah, it looks like an unfinished house. Good try, but it doesn't work.

just one pigeon could wreck the place of it got inside.

The metal bars up there are what is keeping that roof from collapsing over them. Science and engineering protection mind washing.