Thursday, May 3, 2007


Tadao Ando’s Church of the Light is located in Ibaraki, a residential neighbourhood 25 kilometers north-northeast of Osaka. The building can be described simply as a bare concrete box with a wall cutting through it at a 15 degree angle. The heavy cast-in-place walls help separate the religious experience inside the small 113 square meter chapel from the outside world. The delineation between sacred and profane is important on this site, which does not permit much distance between two streets and the church itself.

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Project Information

The Albury City Library Museum Project is the first in a multi-staged development. It will be one of Australias first fully intigrated regional Library Museum Complexes. The new Library Museum is a partnership between Albury City, NSW Ministry of the Arts and NSW State Library. Client: Albury City Architect: Ashton Raggatt McDougall Contractor: Zauner Construction pty ltd

Albury City Library Museum

Albury City Library Museum
Daniel J Chambers 700 130 336, 1 of 5, 4 March 2007

Albury City Library Museum

Albury City Library Museum
Daniel J Chambers, 2 of 5, 4 March 2007

Albury City Library Museum (floor beam & column detail)

Albury City Library Museum (floor beam & column detail)
Daniel J Chambers 700 130 336, 3 of 5, 4 March 2007.

Albury City Library Museum (detail)

Albury City Library Museum (detail)
Daniel J Chambers 700 130 336, 4 of 5, 4 March 2007.

Albury City Library Museum (roof beam detail)

Albury City Library Museum (roof beam detail)
Daniel J Chambers 700 130 336, 5 of 5, 4 march 2007.