The Driehaus Prize is awarded to an architect whose work embodies the principles of traditional and classical architecture in contemporary society.
Interior, Brentwood Cathedral (1989-91)
The Brentwood Cathedral replaced a modern 1970s church built in reinforced concrete and is built alongside a 19th-century stone Gothic Revival Church. Interior arches rest on simple Tuscan columns forming an arcade supporting the whole of the central space. The corners of this arcade are coupled giant Doric pilasters with entablature, complete with triglyphs and metopes which run round the whole of the central space; this is also the main architectural element of the exterior. Externally, the same giant Doric order is expressed by pilasters on the north and west elevations. The centre bay of the main entrance on the north elevation forms a portico inspired by the south portico of St. Paul's Cathedral and St. Mary-le-Strand.
All five Orders have been employed in the design; Tuscan for the arcade, Doric for the main giant Order, Ionic for the east and west Serlian windows, Composite and Corinthian for the organ and cathedra.
Brentwood Cathedral, Essex, UK
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