Just inside the door is a tapered cylinder for holy water, the intention of which is to always remind one of one's baptism. To the left are the portals for the deeply recessed windows.

Additional light and the full range of possibilities of the floor to ceiling windows plus wall iconography give further dynamism and warmth to the concrete of the massive walls.

From left to right: a chapel with the great rose window and perhaps a monumental structure to hold the tabernacle. Toward the center of the photo, a side chapel marked only by a semiabstract hanging with the extended hand ...

Executed in 1950-52. There were elements in the Roman Catholic Church of France that wished to update it's image and its attractiveness to the young by engaging with contemporary art and architecture. Thus the modern ...

Reflecting the ancient practice of a baptistery separate from the church, this baptistery is attached to the church room and boasts elegant stained glass by Jean Bazaine.