2024-11-27T00:11:30-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149979051/renovating-my-religion-johnson-fain-updates-philip-johnson-s-crystal-cathedral Julia Ingalls 2016-12-05T12:06:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fe/feiazoobgb8gm03r.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>How does one design tangible structures for that most intangible of qualities, faith? More to the point: how does one renovate an existing place of worship to suit a new dogma? Johnson Fain&rsquo;s renovation of Philip Johnson and John Burgee&rsquo;s Crystal Cathedral is the culmination of metaphor, media, and the historical Christian tradition of repurposing.&nbsp;</p>