The Church at Las Condes cover

“The church, Monasterio Benedictino de Las Condes, is a powerful and primitive architectural statement, modeled with stark white poured-in-place concrete and rough form boarding. Professor Kennon was impressed by the unpretentious strength of the little church – and by the masterful harnessing of nature to create dramatic, ever changing light patterns for the interior. When Professor Kennon discovered that the building was designed by a pair of monks who live in the adjoining monastery, he asked the to write in their own words their concepts for the church. The result – commentary by the monks, photographs by Rice graduate student Ton Daly, and Professor Kennon’s original letter describing the building – is Architecture at Rice 20.” —The Editor 

 

Architecture at Rice #20