Architecture Class: San Francisco Field Trip

On Tuesday of last week Rafael took my class and myself into the heart of San Francisco to see some very unique and beautiful architecture. First we saw Saint Mary's Church which is quite the architectural piece to come across. The building is formed into the shape of a cross, yet its sides curve inward and finally meet at the peak. The building was amazing from outside but even better from within. Once I was in I saw how the light hit the walls, how the walls seemed to endlessly reach towards the sky, and the enormous organ only 30 yards from me. The next building we saw was the Saint Ignatius Church which was also very beautiful to look at. From the outside there are four pylons reaching towards the heavens and the church itself is highly decorated, yet even more so from within the building itself. For the S.I. Church a lot of Roman ideas were used such as columns and flat roofs. I really liked this a lot because it felt as if I were returning to ancient Rome and happened to wander into a church built by them.