ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 404
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Nov 7 12:39:03 PST 2008
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CATHEDRAL OF LIGHT
by Lauri Puchall
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The soaring Cathedral of Christ the Light designed by
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has transformed an old
retail and commercial district in Oakland, California,
into a vital sacred and civic gathering place.
The all-new 224,000-square-foot (20,800-square-meter)
complex for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland brims
with amenities, including a public plaza and garden,
health clinic, conference center, gift shop, and cafe,
as well as clergy living quarters.
The main event, a curving cathedral of glass and bare
wood, rises from an eye-shaped concrete base. From the
outside, it is highly visible from the major artery of
Harrison Street as it bends around Lake Merritt.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) faced the challenge
of creating architecture that was both religious and
civic in nature for the lakeside setting.
"The solution," explains architect Craig Hartman, FAIA,
design partner in SOM's San Francisco office, "was to
elevate the cathedral and the plaza and orient the
entrance on the diagonal to make the most of the view
(to the lake), and clear the plaza for public use."
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People and Places
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- Perkins Eastman in Boston, Massachusetts...
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