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: The u-shaped building forms a court that opens to the Wilfred Laurier University campus to the north -
The chapel and belltower -
Smooth limestone cladding ribbon windows and granite clad garden wall -
Corner detail of the chapel with its floating concrete roof amber clerestory windows and quarry faced sandstone walls -
Architectural model of the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary building (Wilfrid Laurier University Archives & Special Collections)
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON.
CONSTRUCTED 1963
“A set of simple volumes defines a small courtyard with a garden and cloister walk evoking mediaeval monastic precedents. The heavy split-face sandstone walls of the worship space anchor the complex firmly to the site, capped by the smooth white cross vaults of the room floating on a band of clerestory glazing.”
-Steven Mannell et al., Images of Progress 1946-1996: Modern Architecture in Waterloo Region
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