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Case History: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Richardson Texas
The sanctuary and classroom buildings of St. Joseph's Catholic Church were meticulously planned by the architects and the pastor. An existing educational building was constructed several years prior and has a buff precast concrete exterior. The pastor was educated in Italy where the cathedrals of Orleto and Sicena are situated. These structures are well known for their exterior (and interior) contrasting horizontal stone banding. The pastor required the architect to carry this theme to the new sanctuary. The architect selected a buff brick and contrasted it throughout the entire interior and exterior of the building with a 1'4" high horizontal white Cast Stone banding. Cast Stone was also used as window sills, parapet coping, bell tower coping, headers, window surrounds, altar trim and sundry trim. The use of light buff brick and white Cast Stone tied the pastor's theme into the existing structure and solved the architect's dilemma. |
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