Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel
The Architect:
Duncan Stroik
 The
Design Architect for the Chapel Project is Duncan G. Stroik,
Professor of Architecture at the University
of Notre Dame [nd.edu] and principal of Duncan
G. Stroik Architect, LLC [stroikarchitect.com], a firm
specializing in ecclesiastical design.
Professor Stroik's architectural practice grows out of a
commitment to the principles of classical architecture and
urbanism. For over a decade he has focused on the design of
ecclesiastical, civic, and residential buildings which are
well-built, convenient, and beautiful. His education and career
have closely paralleled the evolution of the international
classical movement, and over the past decade his work has
participated in the new renaissance of sacred architecture.
He received his architectural education from the University
of Virginia and Yale University. Following graduation, he
served as a project designer for the architect Allan Greenberg,
with whom he designed a number of prestigious civic, institutional,
collegiate, and residential projects. In 1990 Stroik was invited
to help form and implement a new curriculum in classical architecture
at the University of Notre Dame, later hailed by The New York
Times as the "Athens of the new movement."
Villa Indiana, Stroik's award-winning home, grew out of his
research into Palladian architecture in Italy and is an example
of how classical principles can be applied to a contemporary
house with a limited budget. The New Republic has described
it as "an exquisite small pavilion with a barrel-vaulted
central room and a gentle, almost Jeffersonian air."
In 1998 Villa Indiana and Stroik were featured in the Arts
and Entertainment Television series "In Search of Palladio,"
hosted by Bob Vila.
Stroik's involvement in the new renaissance of sacred architecture
has led to the formation of the Society for Catholic Liturgy
and the Sacred Architecture Journal, of which he is editor.
It is Stroik's belief that a revival of sacred architecture
is central to any true renaissance of architecture and civil
society.
In addition to publishing and lecturing, Stroik has also organized
conferences on sacred architecture, led seminars in Italy,
and been featured on a number of television programs. He has
designed projects for houses in New England, Chicago, and
Ireland, and churches in California, Nebraska, Arizona, and
Kentucky, as well as other civic buildings. He is presently
engaged in ecclesiastical projects in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, and California, along with an elementary school
in Virginia and a monastery in Chicago.
[An interview
with Duncan Stroik by former College Faculty member Dr.
Ben Wiker, appears in the February, 2003 issue of Catholic
World Report.]
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