Day-VII Architecture: How the Architecture of Polish Churches Developed in a Secular Socialist State

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In the mid-to-late 20th century, a secular, socialist Poland served as the backdrop for the construction of thousands of Catholic churches. In their book Day-VII Architecture, Izabela Cichonska, Karolina Popera, and Kuba Snopek analyze the paradoxical facets of this architecture born at the intersection of secularity and religion, charting how its development was influenced by liturgical reform, political movements, and the growth of postmodernism. In the excerpted introduction below, the authors unfold this history, touching on the Second Vatican Council, Solidarity, the Iron Curtain, and more in relation to the development of Day-VII Architecture's ultimately unique postmodern style. The publication has collected photographs of 100 Polish churches built after the year 1945, accompanied by interviews with their architects. To read more about the authors' original Day-VII documentation project, which served as the groundwork for this book, be sure to visit the original article "These Churches Are the Unrecognized Architecture of Poland's Anti-Communist 'Solidarity' Movement."

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Cite: Lilly Cao. "Day-VII Architecture: How the Architecture of Polish Churches Developed in a Secular Socialist State" 17 Aug 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/922363/day-vii-architecture-how-the-architecture-of-polish-churches-developed-in-a-secular-socialist-state> ISSN 0719-8884

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