Roman Catholic Church, The HAGUE

These illustrate Aldo Van Eyck’s work on creating a Roman Catholic Church with an innovative design. The church was completed in 1964, Usually, when we think of a Catholic church we think of dozens of pews, very high ceilings and over the top decorative mosaics and marble. Aldo Van Eyck redefined this genre of building with this piece. He created an environment entirely new to a religion that has been around for thousands of years. He incorporated a lot more curvature to buildings that are normally straight to the point.

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