Nicholas Burns - Chapel and Meditation Room

Author(s): Michael Tawa

AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE | ARCHITECTURE MONOGRAPHS | A.MAG

The second book in the a.mag Long Collection reveals a very special project in a highly sensitive way. Australian architect Nicholas Burns designed a chapel and meditation room for a private client that stands on a hillside of an estate in northern Portugal, overlooking denser urbanisation and green hills. The snaking granite path leading to the chapel awakens all of the senses of time, the seasons, and place. The building's sinuous, naked concrete form sits between giant boulders and trees; a gilded wooden altar is dramatically illuminated within. According to Burns, these are the elemental things that are important in order for people to feel naturally deeper within themselves.


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General Fields

  • : 9789895493852
  • : a.mag
  • : a.mag
  • : January 2021
  • : May 2021
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Michael Tawa
  • : 64