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Marvels of the Modern Age

Can ANYBODY help me find out the name of a cathedral/church visited by Dan Cruikshank in his programme called Marvels of the Modern Age, which was on TV a while ago.
The building was in France I think, it had a sweeping roof, a whitewashed exterior and very thick walls and small irregular windows had been cut causing amazing light patterns inside.
Thanks in advance

Curious G Mon 12/05/08 12:48

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vehelpfulguy
Mon 12/05/08
14:45

I only saw one of the programs where he went to Brasilia and there was an amazing cathedral there, this one (windows are not small though):

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3416/cated rl1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3416/int_c at1.jpg

vehelpfulguy
Mon 12/05/08
14:51

re my answer above.

I think I have mixed up his series. The scenes from Brasilia were from his recent series Adventures in Architecture.

The series you mention was shown in 2006 and I have not seen any episodes.

vehelpfulguy
Mon 12/05/08
15:15

After spending about 45 minutes hunting round the internet I THINK I may have found it, is this it ?

http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/attachment.p hp?attachmentid=23403&stc=1&d=1165002155

If so it is the Sainte Pierre Church, in Firminy

More here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Fir miny

Picture from the inside

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/IMG/jpg/27-04 .jpg

Curious G
Mon 12/05/08
18:24

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Thanks so much for the swift replies!! I'm completely obsessed with Dan Cruikshank's programmes and loved the Brasilia church - also liked the building in Kazakhstan!
Unfortunately it's not the one you've kindly posted links to either, but like the look of that one too...!! I came across the one I'm thinking of completely by accident in an architectural book a few months ago and forgot to make a note of the name of it. To me, from memory it reminds me of a thatched cottage... I'll keep hunting!! But thanks.

Curious G
Mon 12/05/08
18:32

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After putting in random sentences from memory - I've found it!! It's called Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut in a place called Ronchamp.

In A Pickle
Mon 12/05/08
18:44

This is from Wikipedia:~
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_du_Hau t

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