Unit Six: Liturgical Architecture and Art
When churches are to be built, let great care be taken that they be suitable for the celebration of liturgical services and for the active participation of the faithful (SC § 124)
Architecture is more than building.
The Building: Domus Dei, Domus Ecclesiae
(The House of God and the house of the People of God)
The church building is a liturgical environment which shows 
•	The presences of Christ in
the assembly (seen in different ways through history) 
the font
the priest
the word
the eucharist (includes the blessed sacrament)
•	Suitability for different liturgies 
Eucharist
Sacramental liturgies
The Hours and Private prayer
Design and the Brief:
•	the perceived needs
•	rules and regulations
•	special needs (the deaf, the disabled) 
•	the exterior
•	Lighting, heating, sound and smell 
•	Cost
Re-Ordering
•	sanctuary and the building as a whole
•	heritage: the benefits and restraints
•	conservation: standards and procedures
Furnishing
•	sanctuary, nave, the rest 
•	Fixed and moveable
•	Posture and movement
LITURGICAL ART
Function, quality
new and existing art
Development of iconographic programmes: symbols
pictures,statues, windows, textile hangings
Decorated ceilings, walls and floors
Drama and movement
Floral decoration
Permanent and ephemeral artefacts
Documentation and Bibliography
Constitution on the Liturgy 122-129
General Instruction on the Roman Missal 253-312
The Parish Church, Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, CTS 1984 Environment and Art in Catholic Worship, Washington: United States Catholic Conference, 1986
Marchita Mauck, Shaping a House for the Church, Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications 1990.
Stephen and Cuthbert Johnson, O.S.B.: Planning for Liturgy: Liturgical and Practical Guidelines for the Reordering of Churches, St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, 1983
The Place of Worship: Pastoral Directory on the Building and Reordering of Churches, Irish Episcopal Conference. Veritas, 1991
Publications by the Council for the Care of Churches, 83 London Wall, London EC2M 5NA