"We ran to the model shop...." I was a captive staff model maker for Johnson-Burgee and I can tell you that they ran to the model shop quite a bit...they designed by model first and drawing later. The shop was an extremely integral part of the success of the firm. It was so important that we model makers were awarded by the AIA for significant contribution to architecture. John , if pressed, will admit that we had our fingers in all the designs....." we were the music makers...."

Charming and humble soul.

My dad grew up in this neighborhood and use to walk by this church. Gave him the creeps lol

His Margate home is a treasure. Avant!

What a beautiful church.🙏❤️✌️

I am lucky enough to live in the Gothic Revival gatehouse to Ettington Park (1835) in Warwickshire. The gatehouse was built in 1862 according to the date stone, and features a wealth of Pugin design details. We have restored and extended it, retaining all the original features and will feature with it's own entry in the revised Pevsner historic buildings of Warwickshire.

Read the book ‘Ugly as sin’ which speaks vividly about this topic

I think if Pugin had lived to see the horrors of modern architecture in the ‘60s & ‘70s he would have been devastated. I saw so many beautiful buildings destroyed in that period for glass & concrete monstrosities that were so ugly it was unbelievable & most didn’t survive even 50 years before they were demolished to be replaced with something not much better.

I love Pugin, his architecture is amazing, he is truly the God of gothic. I think we all benefit from looking at beauty, be it in buildings or nature, & his buildings are truly beautiful.

It is kinda fascinating that Pugin died in a house very much part of his general architectural program while Corbu died in a little log cabin. (Need I cite the obvious assault on beauty that has come from Vatican II?)

Doesn't the modern architecture movement claim Pugin as an a proto-modernist? I think it has more to do with his dogmatic philosophy than anything, but if any knows....

I like the irony of "past" and "future" in the thumbnail with their corresponding pictures.😎

Very well said, Mr. Stroik!

I love Hillsdale. It’s almost Catholic, and it’s more Catholic today than ND. God bless Hillsdale!

I went to Rosary Cathedral school back in the early 80s and every Friday the kids would go to Mass at the cathedral. Beautiful cathedral and I have warm memories of it and the school.

Coming from Manchester I visited many of Pugin’s churches.

Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris has two towers...and a large Rosetta.... Personally, I see this as a beautiful amalgam of Nôtre Dame and Sacré Coeur...both very French. 🙏🏻💖👑

Sacramental purpose of Architecture a noble purpose to express the infinite beauty of God.

Beauty. Sacred Beauty. Thank you.

why did this take 50 years

Very interesting overview. I like the symbolism behind the placement of the chapel on campus being centered on the main axis and how it would lead to the creation of the new quad.

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This is hands down the most beautiful church I've ever seen

Great to see and hear Mr. Burgee again. What a wonderful conversation. It was a privilege to work with him. 👏

Wonderful to learn about your history.

This discussion is very appreciated. I stand with Pugin and his unacceptable views. The debased 'culture' in which we are embedded requires us to embrace a very pluralistic/globalist/inclusive POV when it comes to every area of human endeavor. The fact that he was so adamant in his belief that Gothic was the true Christian expression of form and his rejection of classicism as pagan and ultimately foreign to Christian principles is a testament to his faith. Had we taken these ideas more seriously, humanity might have been spared the plague of pelestential brutalist sensibilities that have defaced the 20/21st centuries public/corporate spaces. Here's to Pugin, and to being stubbornly principled in the face of censure, pressure to conform and hierarchical displeasure for the glory of God! I suspect many of us yearn for a spiritualised Christian industrial society, and despair at the cultural licentiousness that pervades our communities and institutions. Many, of course, do NOT. While the forces of chaotic/abstract postmodernism currently prevail, perhaps it will not always be so.

This wasn't built when they say. This was left from the Millennial Reign of Christ days.

Beautiful building ! Never been inside, but surely appreciated viewing it from all angles. Have observed with adoration for all the years I lived and worked in the metro area . Will the political atmosphere of the present , allow it to survive . Protected by God , we can only keep the faith , and Pray . Sorry for the rant , such a building, brings out many emotions .

Stellar info on such a great work, TY sir!

Newark has a Pro-cathedral of St. Patrick as well as the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The C/B is worthy of your attention. It is the fifth largest cathedral in the USA and seats over 2500 people easily. It is 10,000 sq. Larger than St. Patrick’s in NYC! It is the finest example of French Gothic style in the Western Hemisphere. The windows are considered ( by one of the chief docents of Chartres) in the same category as Chartres and Norte Dame.

His work ethic is admirable. I think his wallpaper design is extremely underrated given he was such an influential architect.

Thank you so much for this video, Thanks for the information provided.

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it's nice except what they did with the Altar

Well done, Duncan. I learned a lot. Thanks (Frank Koumantaris)

Wonderful interview, it really goes through the genius and controversy of such a celebrated architect. Since Pugin loved to use modern means with historic symbolism, I'd love to see things such an cars, planes, or smartphones using his gothic symbolism.

a new renaissance? all instigated by you, Duncan? wow

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I'm going to have a statue of Stroik carved into the mantlepiece of my office in St. Louis.

Why doesn't Cram's chapel at Princeton have a spire?

I converted to Catholicism because I once knelt on a Neo-Gothic prie dieu...?

Stroik is today's Pugin. Sure, Duncan is a Classicist, but the genius and historical influence are comparable.

Great video! I had been reading up on Pugin recently in my search for more information on the Gothic Style and low and behold, I know exactly what book to buy now! Thank you.

Es una hermosura realmente

Why are universities like Yale and Princeton still building in the Gothic style? Because they have the endowments. Churches, by contrast, can barely afford to keep the lights on.

It seems to me like there is a spectrum of beauty from modernist to… something (baroque or gothic or classical maybe?). But would you say that there is a minimum threshold that needs to be crossed for a given building type (church, education, business, home)?

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I was able to visit this one a couple of years back and it's just incredible!