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Luce Memorial Chapel: Exterior · Front view of Luce Memorial Chapel on 14 November 2020
1/6 · Exterior · Front view of Luce Memorial Chapel on 14 November 2020Photo: Kenneth Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Luce Memorial Chapel: Exterior · Front view of Luce Memorial Chapel under cloudy sky on 14 November 2020
2/6 · Exterior · Front view of Luce Memorial Chapel under cloudy sky on 14 November 2020Photo: Kenneth Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Luce Memorial Chapel: Exterior · Luce Memorial Chapel under cloudy sky on 14 November 2020
3/6 · Exterior · Luce Memorial Chapel under cloudy sky on 14 November 2020Photo: Kenneth Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Luce Memorial Chapel: Exterior · The Luce Chapel
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Luce Memorial Chapel: Interior · Luce Memorial Chapel - Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Luce Memorial Chapel: Interior · Interior of Luce Memorial Chapel, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Photo 1: Exterior · Front view of Luce Memorial Chapel on 14 November 2020Photo 2: Exterior · Front view of Luce Memorial Chapel under cloudy sky on 14 November 2020Photo 3: Exterior · Luce Memorial Chapel under cloudy sky on 14 November 2020Photo 4: Exterior · The Luce ChapelPhoto 5: Interior · Luce Memorial Chapel - Tunghai University, Taichung, TaiwanPhoto 6: Interior · Interior of Luce Memorial Chapel, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

Religious · Modernism

Luce Memorial Chapel

I. M. Pei, Chen Chi-kwan · Taichung, TW · 1963

Key featuresFour curved concrete shells clad in yellow tile lean together, split by a skylight along the ridge.

Architect
I. M. Pei, Chen Chi-kwan
Place
Taichung, TW
Year
1963
Typology
Religious
Movement
Modernism
Region
East Asia
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