
Clocks of St. George’s Basilica
However, these circular spaces were left blank for centuries until the basilica underwent restoration work between 2019 and 2022, at which point in time the parish decided to install clocks in the front façade.
However, these circular spaces were left blank for centuries until the basilica underwent restoration work between 2019 and 2022, at which point in time the parish decided to install clocks in the front façade.
Their design followed many of Chicago architect Louis Sullivan’s principles of organic architecture, which held that buildings should reflect their surrounding environments, in the same way that a plant grows “naturally, logically, and poetically out of all its conditions.”