http://www.dezeen.com/2011/04/20/chapel-of-st-lawrence-by-avanto-architects/ architecture and design magazine Wed, 22 May 2013 15:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.dezeen.com/2011/04/20/chapel-of-st-lawrence-by-avanto-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-1049935 nana Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:14:00 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=125209#comment-1049935 I visited Helsinki this summer and also went to Vantaa for this chapel. This is beautiful and amazing. Awesome work, really nice one. I visited Helsinki this summer and also went to Vantaa for this chapel. This is beautiful and amazing. Awesome work, really nice one.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/04/20/chapel-of-st-lawrence-by-avanto-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-896701 Michael Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:57:05 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=125209#comment-896701 Visited this earlier today and was really impressed by it's materiality, space and massing. The Keim paint covered brick Walls (or are they whitewashed) work really well (unexpectedly) and the slate and copper is wonderful. It was a masterstroke to not start from the materiality of the original church, it makes it feel special. We were not allowed inside, so I can comment of the internal environment, but there seems a lot I'd hard materials employed. It deserves an award for more than it's use of copper. Visited this earlier today and was really impressed by it’s materiality, space and massing. The Keim paint covered brick Walls (or are they whitewashed) work really well (unexpectedly) and the slate and copper is wonderful. It was a masterstroke to not start from the materiality of the original church, it makes it feel special. We were not allowed inside, so I can comment of the internal environment, but there seems a lot I’d hard materials employed. It deserves an award for more than it’s use of copper.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/04/20/chapel-of-st-lawrence-by-avanto-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-746728 Suvin Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:07:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=125209#comment-746728 A beautiful essay in a familiar language that is often adopted by default but seldom resolved with this degree of sensitivity & care. We have seen many copper clad walls but it could not have been easy to carry that detail through from wall to ceiling to door (? Is that a doorknob i spy peeking out from a slit in the 3rd picture?) so seamlessly. It feels like adding anything more to the palette of textures employed would begin to muddy the whole thing, which is to say the composition feels perfectly balanced. Rare. A beautiful essay in a familiar language that is often adopted by default but seldom resolved with this degree of sensitivity & care. We have seen many copper clad walls but it could not have been easy to carry that detail through from wall to ceiling to door (? Is that a doorknob i spy peeking out from a slit in the 3rd picture?) so seamlessly. It feels like adding anything more to the palette of textures employed would begin to muddy the whole thing, which is to say the composition feels perfectly balanced. Rare.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/04/20/chapel-of-st-lawrence-by-avanto-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-746554 Adam Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:25:02 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=125209#comment-746554 Plans and additional photos can be found at <a href="http://www.avan.to/" rel="nofollow">http://www.avan.to/</a> Plans and additional photos can be found at http://www.avan.to/

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/04/20/chapel-of-st-lawrence-by-avanto-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-746488 yang Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:34:25 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=125209#comment-746488 " to age with dignity" , I am touched... " to age with dignity" , I am touched…

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