St. Klemenz catholic church and rectory
Bettlach, Switzerland
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St. Klemenz in Bettach, Switzerland is a Catholic church and rectory complex built in 1969 by architect Walter Förderer. The ensemble exemplifies brutalist architecture, its forms executed in béton brut (raw concrete) that expresses the material's inherent qualities. As a class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance, the building represents an important example of postwar religious architecture in the canton of Solothurn, combining the church with its adjoining clergy residence into a unified architectural statement characteristic of Förderer's modernist practice.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- clergy house, Catholic church building, architectural ensemble
- Materials
- béton brut
- Heritage
- class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance
- Place
- Bettlach, Switzerland
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