arcCA 10.4: Faith & Loss


Faith & Loss” ponders the spiritual significance and emotional burden of place and placemaking. It is the 4th quarter issue of  arcCA (Architecture California), which was, from 2000 to 2012, the quarterly print journal of the AIA California Council.


Editor’s Comment
Tim Culvahouse and Tom Gibson

Faith Stories from an Irreverent Architect
Jim Goring, AIA

Building Christ the Light: a Conversation with Craig Hartman & Father Paul
Kenneth Caldwell

God is an Architect
Jan O’Brien, AIA

Loss, Renewal, and Reconciliation on the Luiseno Indian Reservation
David Thurman, AIA

In Praise of Fallow Fields
Kurt Lavenson, AIA

The Eternal Flame
Harold L. Adams, FAIA, RIBA, JIA

Death in Texas
Jim Williamson

Kings Day 2008
Barton Phelps, FAIA

What we lost when we came here
D. J. Waldie

Without a Trace
Elizabeth Ranieri, FAIA

The Temple at Burning Man: A Lesson in Impermanence
Amy E. Cranch

Sacred San Francisco: Contrast and Transformation
Sara K. Hayden, Esq.

. . .and Counting
David Meckel, FAIA

John Leighton Chase, 1953 – 2010
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA


A PDF of the full issue is available here. AIA California thanks US Modernist for the use of this scan.


Author biographical information as of the date of original publication.