Clearscapes, PA 

Location: Raleigh, NC

Christ Episcopal is the only National Historic Landmark church in North Carolina.  As one of (4) churches facing Union Square, the original sanctuary was designed in 1848 by Richard Upjohn, architect of New York’s Trinity Church and the founder of the AIA.  His grandson, Hobart Upjohn, designed the 1914 Chapel and Parish Hall that is connected to the sanctuary by arched cloisters.  The complex had been modified and expanded numerous times including an unremarkable 1970’s education wing.  This evolution led to disjointed internal circulation, lack of quality public gathering spaces, and a major east entry through an emergency fire stair.