Religious

International Architects & Engineers

Sha‘are Shalom Synagogue

Leesburg Virginia: Design/Built in 16 months it was occupied for Rosh Hashanah and completed in October 2004. Due to a very confined sloping site the building was designed utilizing three hexagons each containing the Sanctuary, the Social Hall and a Administrative wing on the street level. A chapel for small worship services is placed between the Sanctuary and Social Hall. The Sanctuary floor is Jerusalem limestone (marble). There are ten classrooms on the lower level.

Each hexagon is sheltered by six copper covered triangular roof elements taken from the mid-plan section of a conventional wood/plywood Hypar shell providing both a contemporary structure and one which is reminiscent of the domed structures of old. The exterior walls are tilt-up concrete panels veneered with local fieldstone. Seating 220+/-.

Saint Timothy’s Church

Norwood MASS: Completed in 1963 St. Timothy’s church is a neo-Romanesque structure with a concave heavy timber roof. St. Timothy’s has excellent examples of “Glass in Concrete” as stained glass designed by the Architect. The Nave seats 800 with an additional social hall below grade. On the outside left facing the front is a Baptistry in the form of a “groined vault hyperbolic paraboloid”, a cruciform in plan replete with ancient Christian symbolism. On each side aisle, below the barrel vaulted ceiling are individual windows demonstrating some major themes from the Gospel. The lower left illustration depicts the First Sunday of Advent.

St Athanasius Church

Reading Massachusetts: Designed in 1959 and completed in 1960 this project was then the largest concrete thin shell (3”) Hyperbolic Paraboloid in the western hemisphere. A rhombus in plan it spans 120+ feet by 155 feet. Seating 800. There is a full lower level for social events.

The First United Methodist Church

Guilford New Hampshire: Completed in 1970 this structure is a doubly cantilevered Hyperbolic Paraboloid with a skylight between the two halves. It is a warm and humanistic place for worship. The span of this building is approximately 60 ‘by 175’ supported on two abutments. The roof is plywood and exposed spruce t&g boards. Edge members are steel pipe. Seating 240.

Holy Angels Church Plaistow, NH