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Piuskirche
St. Pius Church and Parish Center |
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marble, steel Concrete basement, church in steel and Pentelic marble "Dionyssos" (Dionysus), extracted in Greece and worked in Carrara.
Theresien chapel in reinforced concrete.
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LOCATION |
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Continent |
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  Europe |
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Nation |
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  Switzerland [Schweiz/Suisse] |
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  Lucerne [Luzern] |
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  Lucerne [Luzern] |
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Town |
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  Meggen |
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  Schlösslistrasse 2, Postfach 220
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Religious buildings
Churches and places of worship
Parochial centres
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1960 - 1961
project winner of competition
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Realisation |
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1964 - 1966 |
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AWARDS |
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Marble Architecture Award West Europe |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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"Franz Füeg. Chiesa e centro parrocchiale / Church and Parish Center. Meggen 1964-66", Casabella 677, aprile/april 2000 [Spazi sacri / Profane contemporaneità], pp. 24-33 (24-35) Luca Paschini, "Franz Füeg, il fondersi della materia e della luce / The Mystery of Matter and Light", Casabella 677, aprile/april 2000 [Spazi sacri / Profane contemporaneità], pp. 34-35 (24-35) |
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Roland Krippner, "Zeichen für Technik und Modernität. Zur Verwendung von Stahl im Kirchenbau / A Symbol of Technology and Modernity: the use of steel in church construction", Detail 4/1999 [Bauen mit Stahl / Steel Construction / Architecture en acier], "Diskussion" p. 600 (598-603) |
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Mercedes Daguerre, Birkhäuser Architectural Guide Switzerland 20th Century, Birkhäuser, Basel 1997, pp. 194-195 |
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Alberto Sartoris, "Omaggio a Franz Füeg, architetto e studioso", Domus 673, giugno/june 1986, "Album" pp. 14-15 |
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Jürgen Joedicke, "Kirche in Meggen bei Lucern", Bauen und Wohnen 12/1966, dezember 1966, pp. 455-468 |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Surface |
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site sq.m. 5.500 church sq.m. 840 |
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marble panels: cm. 150 x 102 x 0,28 |
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Patron Saint: Pope Pius X, October 2nd |
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Photos © Monostudio Courtesy of Prestphoto | architectour.net
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