October 24, 2021

Ecclesiastical Art

Buying Guide Spotlight

Perma-Chink products
Timber Frames & Log Cabins

Perma-Chink

Perma-Chink Systems Products is the building industry’s trusted partner for the tightest, greenest, and most impeccably finished wood homes in the world. It is premier provider of cutting-edge premium wood stains and finishes, log home sealants, and maintenance and wood restoration products.

The complex decorative stenciled patterns of Rodeph Shalom Synagogue of Philadelphia, PA, executed on fabric, were cleaned and conserved by Canning Studios, whose artisans also in- painted and duplicated patterns in adjacent areas.
Decorative Painting

John Canning & Company

Decorative Painting -- European-trained master painter heads studio: major projects all across the country; restoration & new commissions.

Completed earlier this year after a seven-year effort, Our Lady of Guadalupe is situated on a 70-acre site in the hills of Wisconsin. River Architects of La Crosse, WI, worked with Duncan G. Stroik Architect of South Bend, IN, to create this new shrine.
Religious Buildings

Classical Shrine | Our Lady of Guadalupe

Completed earlier this year after a seven-year effort, Our Lady of Guadalupe is situated on a 70-acre site in the hills of Wisconsin.

stained glass door
Artwork & Ornament

Designing and Restoring Historic Art Glass

Designing and restoring historic art glass and stained-glass windows is a delicate balancing act that entails a unique combination of give and take between clients and craftspeople. Experts from leading studios tell Traditional Building what works, what doesn't work, and what they would like to see happen on each project.

Traditional Building
Judy Hayward

Master Builders and Minecraft: Two Historic Churches in New England

Judy Hayward looks at two historic churches at Yale in the New Haven Green, Center Church and Trinity Church, and the men who designed them.

cathedral's central tower
Religious Buildings

Repairing Washington National Cathedral

“The Angles of the Sainte Chapelle steeple were the second hardest to photograph,” says the author. She used a 300mm lens to capture many of her images and for this one she carried her ladder on a Paris bus. The steeple was added in the mid-19th century to the 13th-century church.
Book Reviews

Book Review: Angels of Paris

A Book Review of Angels of Paris: An Architectural Tour through the History of Paris by Rosemary Flannery

The interior paint scheme for the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich, CT, has been updated with new paint, murals, gilding and polychrome done by John Canning Studios.
Religious Buildings

Canning Studios' Cathedral of St. Patrick, Norwich, CT

John Canning Studios', Bulfinch winner in the craftsmanship/artisanship category, outstanding work at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich, CT.

Using old-world techniques and new technologies, the John Tiedemann company designed and executed this mural for Immaculate Conception in Tuckahoe, NY.
Artwork & Ornament

Decorative Painting: Successful Projects in Sacred Settings

Today's decorative painters bring the spaces of sacred settings back to life.

tb-forum-featured-image
The Forum

Re-examining Beauty in Catholic Churches

The uniquely Catholic language of beauty may regain the main factor it's been lacking since the 20th century: universal institutional support.