Those who spoke during the ceremony stood in front of a shining cross, towering choir stalls, and giant pillars illuminated with glowing yellow lights.
"The Cross # Towers constitute a three-dimensional urban community of interlocking horizontal and vertical towers.
Danish architects BIG have just shared with us the Cross # Towers, their latest project in Seoul.
Situated at the south-east edge of the Yongsan master plan designed by Studio Liebeskind for the Korean development group Dreamhub, BIG's Cross # Towers will contribute to the developing skyline of Seoul and become a recognizable marker of the new cultural and commercial center of the city.
Some of the best late Gothic achievements are bell towers, such as the crossing tower of Canterbury Cathedral (c. 1500).
The Millennium Commission-funded Gothic-revival crossing tower of the cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, completed in 2005, is a surprising choice for the front cover of Suffolk: West, but Bettley ranges widely across contemporary work, moving from Walter Segal's first self-built house to recent additions in the Living Architecture adventure.
Bays closer to the main crossing tower have remained intact; however, at the west end of the Minster, the crack width between the walls and vaults has reached about 150 mm, leading to approximately 200 mm of sag at the crown of the vaults.
Norreis did manage some good for the abbey, as it was while he was abbot that the crossing tower of the monastic church was completed.
Other new features of religious architecture include the crossing tower and a monumental entrance to the church, usually at the west end of the building.
The walls of the church were 5 feet wide at the base, and the crossing tower was supported on four piers.
In the 14th century, the central piers of the crossing were found to be sinking under the weight of the crossing tower which had been damaged by an earthquake the previous century.
