I had the pleasant experience of hanging out with Mel McGowan yesterday afternoon for a light chat and a good cup of coffee. For those that don’t know, Mel is one of the founders and key principals at Visioneering Studios, a creative architectural powerhouse. Although they are the largest firm that services ministries and churches, [...]

One of the increasing areas that many ministries and churches are spending their time, resources, and energy into is that of the specific ministry environments that their congregation and visitors experience. Out are the rustic halls of old smelly buildings and in with creative full-experience environments. Check out this one that features Toy Story:

Zaha Hadid‘s work speaks for itself. This Iraqi-born, London-based, Pritzker Prize-winning architect is one of the field’s leading theorists and lecturers, and has seen dozens of projects realized since founding her firm in 1980; keep reading to check out some of her best.

Continuing some of my architecture-type inspiration posts, check out these pieces to be inspired from the Roman Empire. You might feel like you’re back in middle school but let’s get over that, ok?

In a pretty sharp contrast to last week’s post on the anti-ornamental Bauhaus, here’s a quick overview of Baroque. The Baroque movement, spanning the 16th-18th centuries, built off Renaissance and Mannerist precedents to create extravagant and emotional works of art and architecture. Sharp contrasts between foreground and background, and between light and dark aimed to [...]

Here’s some more architectural inspiration! Check out these great projects by Spain’s Santiago Calatrava. I’d love to see one of these huge whale-skeleton-looking museums and bridges in person sometime. Be inspired…

For some inexplicably nerdy reason, my heart goes “pitter-patter” when I see great visuals projected in a unusual environment. As you look through these videos, do you think the future could see the church using this technique more often? Are there any practical applications for the church? Right now, it still has the “novelty factor” [...]

We’ve mentioned before in some of our architecture posts that culture definitely impacts the way that we create experiences and environments. Funny how that works, right?

Most people today are aware of the Bauhaus, or have at least heard the name before. Regardless of how familiar you are or not one thing is for sure: You can learn a lot (and be even more inspired by) some of the classic movements of design and architecture and I hope to provide you [...]

This has got to be the most expensive (and ridiculous) Home Theatre system ever…! It’s a whopping $6,000,000 dollar investment and I’m sure it’s worth every penny. If you’ve been having trouble getting up the courage to invite people to your home for small group or bible study then perhaps you simply haven’t invested the [...]