ARCHITECTURE FOR THE GODS

In the recent construction boom for churches, synagogues, and mosques, there has emerged an exciting diversity of architectural styles. ArchitectureWeek contributing editor Michael J. Crosbie has recently published "Architecture for the Gods," a survey of more than forty such projects. The book shows photographs and drawings and traces each congregation's architectural traditions to its religious identity. Next week we take a look at a Protestant chapel and an Islamic mosque.

FIRST BIRTHDAY FOR ARCHITECTURE HIGH SCHOOL

The Architecture and Design Charter High School of Philadelphia recently celebrated its first anniversary. The Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects sponsors this school—the first public charter high school of its kind in the United States—as its Legacy 2000 project. While not trying to offer professional architectural education, this school gives young people a different way of looking at the world. The students learn geometry, for instance, while they learn how to build physical models. Next week Diane Fiske helps us explore the pioneering high school.

CUBAN MODERNISM REVEALED

The reputation of Cuba's modern architecture has suffered from a myth associating the revolutionary state with its colonial architecture. Havana's examples of Modernism have never received as much international recognition as the architecture of Brazil, Venezuela, or Mexico. Author Eduardo Luis Rodriguez has set out to correct this impression in his illustrated history of Modernism in Cuba. Next week, Sabine von Fischer reviews "The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture 1925-65."