Portfolio: St. Theresa Sanctuary

This is a renovation of the sanctuary of a large parish church in the Archdiocese of Houston. A new sanctuary is designed around a triumphal arch motif that also becomes a baldacchino over the marble altar. The polychromed Corinthian columns give a monumental scale to this large church and help to focus on three sacramental elements: the altar, tabernacle, and crucifix above. To either side, the smaller archways highlight the ambo and the priest’s chair. A new organ and organ screen flanks the sanctuary and provides a location for devotional statues. Coats of arms of the Archdiocese and the Bishop of Rome are placed above.