The simple marble pulpit with three legs and a flat surface offers a visually distinct entity for proclamation. The altar/table while a solid block of marble nonetheless has an elegantly incised table on its frontal complete ...

Near the entrance is an elegant alcove bathed in natural light which is external to the church, but still puts the baptismal font in full view to worshippers as a reminder of their baptism.

While very traditional in its layout, the use of concrete for pillars and walls allow for great height and majesty in this very simple interior.

Close up of altar with minimal reference to table function.

Architect: Hermann Baur.

Rudolph Schwarz wrote a seminal work on the liturgical nature and iconography of the church building. Architecture and liturgy had their primary focus in the centrality of Christ as exemplified in the Mass and its emphasis ...

Moving closer, left to right: the hymn board calls attention to itself, even more than the pulpit. Central in the composition is the altar with a pattern of circular windows bidding one to lower one's view to the altar/table.

Sant Antonius was the first reinforced concrete church in Switzerland. Karl Moser left all of his concrete exposed. The concrete ceiling copied the ancient romanesque barrel vault. The "east" wall was decorated with a ...

The "west" wall balcony was filled with a massive pipe organ, with space for organist and choir. In the foreground is the beautiful pulpit, adorned in a copper bas relief, surmounted by its sounding board. The sounding ...

Surrounded by vast fields of abstract stained glass, interior central panels communicate traditional religious iconography.