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e nave and chancel is supported byglue-laminated split beams with purlins engi-neered to match the great strength of the roof sec-tion. There is a vastness about this nave not ap-parent from the outer expanse of the building. Itseems this effect has been gained by getting amaximum, unencumbered… … DECEMBER, 1953 CHURCHES . . . use of slit windows also does not detract from theeffect of height. This is Belluschi at his imaginativepeak. Somewhat off the traditional in church archi-tecture is the clean-lined, simple motif of the Sac-ramento Church of the Brethren (Page 22), a crea-tion of…
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