St Bride's Church, East Kilbride - Wikipedia
St Bride's Roman Catholic Church is located in East Kilbride in Scotland. It was designed by the architects Gillespie, Kidd ... The building of St Bride's Church is regarded as one of the finest examples of British twentieth-century ecclesiastical architecture. [1] The church has many unusual features within its architectural structure from the ...
THE ARCHITECTURE OF ST BRIDE'S - sbek.org
It is almost a commonplace to say that the later Coia churches, with nave and sanctuary forming a unified space, reflected the new liturgical vision in the church. But St Bride's, though built in the years of the Second Vatican Council, remains internally a rigid hall-church in a tradition which was already passing away.
A visit to the East Kilbride church regarded as a British brutalist ...
Aug 5, 2021 · In what appears to be a very London-centric list, only five buildings in Scotland made the cut, four of which were the Scottish Parliament, the Italian Chapel in Orkney, the Bernat Klein Studio in...
Great Detail: Chris Boyce on Gillespie, Kidd and Coia’s St Bride’s
Dec 21, 2016 · St Bride’s in East Kilbride is a very Scottish building, approached across the sunburst paving of an Italian piazza, with a hint of the Tuscan hill town in the massing when seen from the road. However, materially, it’s a wee bit English.
East Kilbride St Bride - National Churches Trust
St Bride's is widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of post war ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland. The church is open daily approximately one hour before services and closes approximately half an hour after services. Visitors are welcome to attend services to see how the building functions as a church. Please see website for mass times.
Our Building - sbek.org
Listening to Andy and Isi and considering, once more, the long and rich history of the church in the area of East Kilbride, it becomes apparent that we too are in possession of a unique building, born of its own particular time and place. A building which reflects an architectural heritage from Mackintosh back to the Scottish medieval castles.
St Bride's R.C. Church, Whitemoss Avenue, East Kilbride
St Bride's has been hailed as an amazing piece of contemporary ecclesiastical architecture and received the RIBA bronze medal for architecture in 1964, for the area of the Glasgow Institute of Architects.
St. Bride’s Church is known as a remarkable piece of modernist liturgical architecture produced by perhaps the most influential Scottish practice of the era. Located in the new town of East Kilbride, the church was built as a modern place of worship, with an architecture which combines art and building to create narrative and meaning. A
St Brides Kirk, East Kilbride Church - design
Oct 11, 2019 · The embellished red brick box conceals an atmospheric church naturally illuminated by subtle architectural devices, which facilitate the delicate transmission of light throughout this spectacular space.
St Bride’s Church by Lewis Denson - The Architects’ Journal
Nov 21, 2014 · St. Bride’s Church is a wonderful example of Scottish Modern Architecture. It has a flair and character typical of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia’s eccentricity that interpreted but never merely copied the modernist style. Their inspirational collaborative studio style …