The main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces. (Wikipedia)
Since posting “Best trad buildings of 2020” on the last day of that eminently lamentable year, more buildings for my annual roundup have come to my attention, including several pointed out by diligent readers of this blog. I am publishing them here and at the bottom of the original Dec. 31 post.
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The first, pictured above, is the Main Orthodox Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, dedicated on June 14, 2020. Designed in the Russian Orthodox Revival style, it commemorates what the Russians call the Great Patriotic War. Its steps are said to have been formed from melted down tanks of the Nazi Wehrmacht.
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The Waycroft is a three-building mixed-use comlex in Arlington, Va.
The Waycroft, which opened earlier this year, is a mixed-use residential complex, in Arlington, Va. Designed by David A. Swartz Architects, it has over 400 luxury units in three connected buildings, with a Target on the ground floor. A main building of Art Deco design rises in the background of the picture above, which focuses on a series of traditionally styled townhouses.
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Seminary of St. Joseph’s College, near Charlotte, N.C. (St. Joseph’s)
The seminary building of St. Joseph College, in Mount Holly, N.C., near Charlotte, was dedicated on Sept. 14 of this year. It was designed in the Gothic style by Michael G. Imber Architects.
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St. Mary of Sorrows Church. (St. Mary)
The new church in Fairfax, Va., for historic St. Mary of Sorrows, built around the congregation’s original tabernacle, was designed by McCrery Architects and dedicated last Nov. 15. The stained glass windows, created by Beyer Studio and to be set above its alter, represent the seven sorrows of Mary.
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Great to see and the more firms design these, the more the public and clients will demand them. The Russian cathedral is extraordinary. Amazing that we still can build these buildings.
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Who says the old style can’t be built today. It is refreshing to see some mindfulness being used to design these buildings. Today, the results of architecture imposed on us are monkee see, monkee doo rectangles with rectangle windows, stainless steel frames, bare cement foundations, plastic or metal facades, etc. We are even lucky if the doorway faces Main Street rather than a parking lot. The trend today is ‘kill the village and bring on the dead zones’.
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