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VOL. 20/NO. 6 december 2007

Table of Contents

PROFILE
Higher Calling
Designing traditional religious buildings within contemporary constraints, Ethan Anthony steers HDB/Cram and Ferguson, the successor firm to Ralph Adams Cram's famous practice, into the new century. By Kim A. O'Connell

RECENT PROJECTS
Restoration: Hybrid Vigor
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP orchestrates the restoration of the architecturally eclectic 1929 Temple Emanu-El in New York City.

Restoration: A British Temple Restored
Nicholas Hawksmoor's 1730 St George's Church in London, U.K., is saved from dereliction, thanks to generous donations and an effort led by Molyneux Kerr Architects.

Reconstruction: A New Chapter
Under the direction of Arcademe, the stones of the Santa Maria de Ovila Monastery near Madrid, Spain, are used to create a new chapterhouse for the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina, CA.

Addition: Duke Divinity
Hartman-Cox Architects, LLC, designs a new addition, including classrooms, offices and a chapel, for the Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, NC.

Restoration: Early Sanctuary
Architect David L. Bittermann of the National Park Service directs the restoration of the 1763 Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI.

New Construction: Proper Detail
Drawing on traditional New England houses of worship, Grandberg & Associates Architects designs the new Stanwich Congregational Church in Greenwich, CT.

BOOK REVIEWS
Monuments to Christianity
Cathedrals of the World, by Graziella Leyla Ciagà and Great Cathedrals, by Bernhard Schütz. Reviewed by Martha McDonald

Natural Laws
Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred, by Philip Bess. Reviewed by Nicole V. Gagné

THE FORUM
The Roots of Modernist Church Architecture
By Duncan Stroik

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