Saturday, November 19, 2011

The Crystal Cathedral

This week the Crystal Cathedral was sold in bankruptcy to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. The main sanctuary—designed by Philip Johnsonconsists of over 10.000 panes of glass, and contains one of the worlds largest pipe organs. It is designed to withstand to an 8.0 magnitude earthquake.

Here is a video that focuses on the organ, but you can also see a good bit of the architecture it.


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