Baptismal font to the extreme left, chairs for the minister on the right, and table and pulpit in the center.

What is the purpose of the concrete projection into the midst of the tranquil pool?

Church of the light, Tadao Ando, architect, 1988-89. Built in close relationship to a slightly larger church they are both identified as Church of the light.

The primary entrance is through a courtyard formed by a curved wall formed by the lot line of the property. A large Zelkova tree has been planted in the courtyard, offering shade and welcome to the entrance as one leaves ...

Tadao ando, architect. The windows in the form of a cross provide the image of the cross on the wall behind the liturgical center.

Tadao Ando, architect. Built 1992-1993. A complicated and very restricted plot of ground results in a seemingly complex, yet simple, but at the same time dynamic plan. Center, left, is the rectangular bell tower. Above the ...

with seating

Water from the entrance spills over and is allowed to flow down to the sea.

Throughout Ando has revealed his preference for a spare architectural palette. Marble stairs, concrete walls with the signature marking of the square form plates and a spare hand rail.