Photographer Thibaud Poirier captures modernist church interiors around the world in his photograph series ‘Sacred Spaces’. It is explained on the official site of the series ‘Architecturally, Thibaud Poirier was inspired by the astounding variety of church design. There are only but a few physical signs that bind them together: a visual focal point, usually but not always a cross, rows of seating trained on the visual cue, and a space clearly designed to spark wonder, reflection, devotion.’
Notre-Dame-du-Travail, Paris, France (Jule-Godefroy Astruc, 1902)
![Sacred Spaces](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-1.jpg)
Notre-Dame du Raincy, France (Auguste et Gustave Perret, 1923)
![Sacred Spaces](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-2.jpg)
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur, Montrouge, France (Erik Bagge, 1940)
![Sacred Spaces](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-3.jpg)
Kruiskerk, Amsterdam (Marius Duintjer, 1956)
![Sacred Spaces](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-4.jpg)
Saint-Martin de Donges, France (Jean Dorian, 1957)
![Sacred Spaces](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-5.jpg)
Saint-Rémy de Baccarat, Baccarat, France (Nicolas Kazis, 1957)
![Sacred Spaces](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-6.jpg)
St. Johann von Capistran, Munich, Germany (Sep Ruf, 1960)
![Sacred Spaces](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-7.jpg)
United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs (Walter Netsch, 1962)
![United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-8.jpg)
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Paris, France (Henri Colboc, 1965)
![Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-9.jpg)
Saint Pierre Et Saint Paul, Pau, France (André Remondet, 1970)
![Saint Pierre Et Saint Paul](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-10.jpg)
Notre-Dame-de-l’Arche-d’Alliance, Paris, France (Architecture-Studio, 1998)
![Notre-Dame-de-l'Arche-d'Alliance](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-11.jpg)
Saint Ignatius, Tokyo, Japan (Sakakura Associates, 1999)
![Saint Ignatius](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-12.jpg)
Cathédrale de la Résurrection, Evry, France (Mario Botta, 1999)
![Cathédrale de la Résurrection](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-13.jpg)
Herz Jesu Kirche, Munich, Germany (Sattler, Allmann et Wappner, 2000)
![Herz Jesu Kirche](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-14.jpg)
Saint-François de Molitor, Paris, France (Corinne Callies et Jean-Marie Duthilleul, 2005)
![Saint-François de Molitor](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sacred-spaces-15.jpg)