架构师提供的文本描述。圣约翰修道院教堂是由匈牙利著名建筑师马塞尔·布鲁尔设计的。这种浇铸的混凝土奇迹是美国现代宗教建筑设计的垫脚石。我们必须佩服支撑天花板的巨大混凝土树和保护教堂的占优势的钟旗。休息后会有更多。

Text description provided by the architects. Saint John's Abbey Church was designed by the renowned Hungarian architect Marcel Breuer. This cast-in-place concrete marvel is a stepping-stone in modern design of religious architecture in the United States. One must admire the great concrete trees that support the ceiling and the dominant bell banner that shields the church. More after the break.

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1950年，Abbot Baldwin Dworschak做出了一个大胆的决定，导致了艺术历史学家所称的这个国家天主教会建筑演变的里程碑。他联系了12位杰出的建筑师，其中包括马塞尔·布鲁尔(MarcelBreuer)。鲍德温要求建筑师提交圣约翰二世纪的建筑设计。作为他的规定的一部分，鲍德温院长要求“建造一座教堂，它将真正成为一座为上帝服务的建筑纪念碑-…-本笃会的传统-它最大限度地挑战我们如何大胆思考，并以未来几个世纪将有效的形式投射我们的理想。”

In 1950, Abbot Baldwin Dworschak made an audacious decision resulting in what art historians have called a milestone in the evolution of the architecture of the Catholic Church in this country. He contacted twelve exalted architects, among them was Marcel Breuer. Abbot Baldwin asked the architects to submit a building design for the second century of Saint John's. As part of his stipulations, Abbot Baldwin required a design for "building a church which will be truly an architectural monument to the service of God…The Benedictine tradition at its best challenges us to think boldly and to cast our ideals in forms which will be valid for centuries to come."

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该计划旨在明确区分僧侣宿舍和教育设施。这两座教堂、礼堂、图书馆和行政大楼，都是由它们共同拥有的重要结构连接起来的。

The plan aims at a clear division between the monastic living quarters and the educational facilities. The two are connected by the important structures they both share; the church, auditorium, library, and administration building.

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教堂和钟旗是圣约翰教堂的主要建筑。主平面图反映了秩序的基本礼仪概念。一个人进入象征性的中心门口，沿着中间的走道走到祭坛和方丈的王座，周围摆着非常大的唱诗班。方丈宝座和僧侣合唱团与会众的关系决定了在教堂中心附近的祭坛的形状，可以看到教堂的聚集、唱诗班和大阳台。

The church and its bell banner are the dominant structures of St. John's. The main floor plan reflects the basic liturgical concepts of the Order. One enters the symbolic center doorway, down the center aisle to the altar and abbot's throne, around which is placed the very large choir. The relation of the abbot's throne and monks' choir to the congregation defines the shape of the plan with the altar near the center of the church in plain view of congregation, choir, and large balcony.