Plate G7.no6: The Chapel: St Peter’s Seminary – Cardross (Scotland)

I was taught at the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow – in the era of Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein, two architectural giants who brought their status to bear, in establishing the school as a powerhouse of architectural pedagogy.
I attended lectures by both of them, the most memorable lectures out of an innumerable number. Isi I remember gave one about St. Peter’s. Famous for his quick wit, he began the lecture with: ‘If I may point out, to clarify: we were influenced by Le Corbusier, and not the other way round.’
This image contains one of the more oblique Corbusier references. There are other moments in this building, infinitely more identifiable……which just makes Isi’s witticism all the more wonderful.