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Marcel Breuer designed the University of Mary church Monastery at the college’s Benedictine Center in Bismark, ND. It was completed in 1963. The characteristic Brutalist concrete building includes seating for 500 and a pipe organ with 1,641 pipes. The meditation room includes a statue by Gerald Bonnette and terra-cotta flue tiles.
The complex is arranged with a classic courtyard surrounded by buildings. A fountain sits outside the grand foyer to the chapel. Tilted pillars influence the sweeping tilt of the main roofs. Light streams through the sides in a carefully considered lighting scheme. Acoustic tiles attempt to blend into the concrete… not very well. |
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