Many of the architects of the “other modern” in architecture were forgotten or at least neglected once the craft moved in a more avant-garde direction.
The British Expressionist architect F.X. Velarde who produced a number of Catholic churches in and around Liverpool in the interwar period and beyond is the subject of a new book from Dominic Wilkinson and Andrew Crompton.
There will be a free online lecture tomorrow on ‘The Churches of F. X. Velarde’ given by Mr Wilkinson, Principal Lecturer in Architecture Liverpool John Moores University. Further details are available here.
The book is available from Liverpool University Press with a 25% discount through the Twentieth Century Society.
South aisle, Holy Cross Church, Bidston
Mosaic, Holy Cross Church, Bidston
English Martyrs Church, Wallasey c. 1953
Survey of St. Monica’s Church, Bootle
Sculpture at English Martyrs Church, Wallasey
The nave, Holy Cross Church, Bidston
South aisle, St. Monica’s Church, Bootle
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackpool
Sanctuary, English Martyrs Church, Wallasey
