Chapel of St. Basil

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Catholic chapel modernist building religious building

The Chapel of St. Basil is a modernist Catholic chapel in Houston, Texas, renowned for its striking geometric design by architect Philip Johnson.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chapel of St. Basil canonical 1
Chapel of St. Basil the Blessed 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic chapel ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
architect Philip Johnson ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture ⓘ
category Churches in Houston, Texas ⓘ
Modernist church buildings in the United States ⓘ
Roman Catholic churches in Texas ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denomination Catholic ⓘ
function place of worship ⓘ
site for Catholic liturgy ⓘ
hasArchitect Philip Johnson ⓘ
hasFeature asymmetrical composition ⓘ
golden dome ⓘ
minimalist interior ⓘ
prominent cross ⓘ
skylight ⓘ
white stucco walls ⓘ
locatedIn Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas

Texas ⓘ
University of St. Thomas (Houston) ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
metal dome ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
namedAfter Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
surface form: Saint Basil
notableFor striking geometric design ⓘ
partOf campus of the University of St. Thomas (Houston) ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philip Johnson → notableWork → Chapel of St. Basil ⓘ
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat → hasPart → Chapel of St. Basil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chapel of St. Basil the Blessed