The design of the novel St. Bede Ca...
The design of the novel St. Bede Catholic Church in Williamsburg, Va., required the incorporation of as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but traditional and evolving Catholic meeting-house motifs within a historic colonial milieu. A one-story customarys area that is detailed like a Georgian manor house addresss parishioners upon arrival; it transitions into a circular sanctuary that ponders the spirit of Vatican II. The used by alls and sanctuary are have relationed by a baptistery. A small change dome, 128 feet in diameter, rises above what would traditionally be the chancel, or sanctuary. At St Bede's, the altar is completely
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