Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool: paving detail and the junction of the flying buttresses with the outdoor podium
Architect/Designer | Frederick Gibberd & Partners |
Artist/Photographer | Snoek, Henk (1915-1980) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Liverpool |
Subject Date | 1967 |
Image Date | 1967 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP504/135 (S67 2952) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Brickwork ; Modernism: Modernist Materials ; Buttresses ; Concrete ; Round buildings ; Cathedrals |
NOTES: This building comprises three independent types of structure: an in-situ reinforced concrete frame which holds together the main body of the cathedral; the sixteen load-bearing brick or concrete perimeter buildings, and the flat slab of the outdoor podium supported by concrete columns of load-bearing brick walls.
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