The steeple, as the tallest part of the pagoda, is extremely important. In Chinese it is called cha, meaning land or territory representing "the country of Buddha." Therefore, a Buddhist temple is ...
In the temple was a pagoda topped by a nine-tiered bronze steeple. Other buildings and roofed-corridors were attached to it. The temple was so large it could hold more than three thousand ...
Domes, usually linked to Islamic architecture, actually predate Islam. The first such structure was established in ...
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple in the leafy Chicago suburb of Oak Park shatters just about every convention of religious architecture. There’s no picturesque steeple. No easy-to-find ...