Designed to honor Catholic tradition and liturgy, and to reflect the culture of the local parish, this 1,200-seat church is inspired by Romanesque architecture. The main space is supplemented by a chapel, bride and cry room, reconciliation room, sacristies and a vestry. Craig Gaulden Davis worked with a stone sculptor and mosaicist, a blacksmith, bronzesmith and glass artist to design original artwork, hardware and light fixtures.

• To avoid visual distractions, there are no light fixtures or mechanical ducts in the exposed ceiling trusses
• Sound reflections are successfully controlled by the shape of the walls, rather than by absorptive materials
• Floors consist of exposed salt-finished concrete accented by stone bands
• Each leaf of the front entrance doors is five feet wide and fourteen feet tall

Area: 27,000 SF
Completion: 2003
Cost: $5.4 Million
Recognitions:
• Best Custom Solution Design Award 2005, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
• Honor Award, Design with Brick 2004, Brick Association of the Carolinas
• Best Custom Solution 2004, National Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
• Merit Award 2004, AIA South Carolina
• Honor Award 2004, Brick Association of the Carolinas
• Merit Award 2003, AIA Greenville
• Merit Award for Design 2001, AIA Greenville
Client Website: www.princeofpeacesc.org