![The Chapel of St. Joseph Technical High School, Taitung County, Taiwan The Chapel of St. Joseph Technical High School, Taitung County, =Taiwan](https://www.wmf.org/sites/default/files/styles/extra_large/public/campaign/21_the_chapel_of_st._joseph_technical_high_school_-_photo_pang_jovi.jpg?itok=QHvYniUf)
Taitung County, Taiwan
The Chapel of St. Joseph Technical High School
St. Josephs is a pilgrimage destination for experts, students, and scholars among the architectural circle in Taiwan.
Sacred places have always been a focus of architectural design and often import a popular style from one country to another. An excellent example is St. Joseph’s Chapel. Built in 1960, the chapel occupies the top floor of a high school designed by Swiss architect Justus Dahinden, himself commissioned by a Swiss priest who had come to Taiwan in the 1950s. The Brutalist style building was heavily influenced by yet another, more famous Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier, who had finished his iconic chapel at Ronchamp, France 5 years earlier.
Submitted by Hunghsi Chao
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