Josef Plecnik (1872-1957)

Church of the Holy Spirit, Vienna (1910-1913)

fig. 1: Facade, 1909 version; fig. 2: Facade, 1911 version.

fig. 3: Facade, 1910 version; fig. 4: Facade, as built.

fig. 5: Interior, 1910 version; fig. 6: Interior, as built.

fig. 7: Plan of the ground floor, 1910.

fig. 8: Design for the crypt, 1910.

fig. 9: Crypt, plan and elevation of the altar wall, 1911.

fig. 10: Crypt under construction.

fig. 11: Crypt, from an original photograph.

fig. 12: Crypt, column detail.

fig. 13: View to the front of the crypt; fig. 14: view to the rear of the crypt.


List of Illustrations

fig. 1: "Church of the Holy Spirit, front elevation, Ottakring, (1909)." Krecic, pl. 40.
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fig. 2: "Church of the Holy Spirit and adjacent buildings in Ottakring, front elevation, (1911);" Krecic, pl. 21.
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fig. 3: "Fassadenvarianten zur Hl.-Geist-Kirche mit dem Pfarrhaus und dem Zinshaus, (1910);" Prelovsek, pl. 83.
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fig. 4: "Hl.-Geist-Kirche in Wien, (1910-1913);" Prelovsek, pl. 33.
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figs. 5 & 6: "Eglise du Saint-Esprit, Vienne (1910-1913)," left: Projet (1910), right: Realisation (1913); CCI, portfolio section.
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fig. 7: "Hl.-Geist-Kirche, Grundriss des Erdgeschosses, (1910);" Prelovsek, pl. 78.
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fig. 8: "Eglise du Saint -Esprit, dessin de la crypte, Vienne (1910);" CCI, p. 48.
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fig. 9: "Die Krypta der Hl.-Geist-Kirche, Plan der Altarwand, (1911);" Prelovsek, pl. 81.
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fig. 10: "Eglise du Saint-Esprit, Vienne (1910-1913), La crypte en chantier (1910);" CCI, portfolio section.
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fig. 11: "Church of the Holy Spirit, crypt, from an original photograph, Ottakring, (1911);" Krecic, pl. 42.
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fig. 12: "Eglise du Saint-Esprit, chapiteaux de la crypte, Vienne (1910);" CCI, p. 104.
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fig. 13: "Hl.-Geist-Kirche in Wien, Krypta, (1910; Ausstattung 1911/12);" Prelovsek, pl. 34.
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fig. 14: "Hl.-Geist-Kirche in Wien, Krypta, (1910; Ausstattung 1911/12);" Prelovsek, pl. 35.
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Patrick A. George
(pgeorge@ccat.sas.upenn.edu)