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Nathan Johnson, Innovator of Modernist Black Churches, Passes Away at 96
Plan for the Bethel A.M.E Church, designed by Nathan Johnson
When The Detroit Free Press wrote a profile of Mr. Johnson in 1963, he declared his commitment to modernism and his extreme distaste for ornamentation and pastiche — “dishonest copies of the past,” as he put it.
He particularly disliked colonial architecture. “We’re not living a colonial life, we’re not using colonial materials and we don’t even believe in colonialism,” he said. “Why should we design a colonial church?”
— New York Times
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Wonderful building design and a drawing.
"..we don’t even believe in colonialism." It is too nice of him to say that because, sadly, many do.
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