First
Baptist Church
1965
Harry Weese Architect
Columbus, Indiana
Terri
Meyer Boake B.E.S. B.Arch. M.Arch.
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First
Baptist Church Harry Weese Architect Columbus, Indiana
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About the building: First Baptist Church was designed in 1965 by Harry Weese Architect. The building includes both a main worship space as well as a smaller chapel, and an interior courtyard. The exterior is brick. The interior structure is timber/glulam.
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| Front
entry side of building.
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entry to the church vestibule is marked by very low headroom. |
The
interior of the main worship space. The front wall is lit by skylights
that effectively separate the front wall from the roof of the building. |
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| View
towards ceiling. |
Ceiling
at rear of church space. |
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| View upwards
towards triangular skylight that lights the front wall of the church. |
View from
the pulpit towards the back of the church. |
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| View from
the front vestible to the inner courtyard. |
View of the
courtyard (main church at left of image). |
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| Exterior
view of triangular skylight at the front alter of the church. |
View of the
church eave. This is glazed to provide some uplighting on the church interior
(not a lot, but some). |
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| The corridors
that connect the interior spaces are all either side lit or skylit. |
Corridor
that overlooks the courtyard. |
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| View of
end wall of smaller chapel. |
Re-use of
triangular skylights in roof to provide daylighting to the front wall
of the chapel. |
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last updated March 8, 2008 |
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