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  1. Seton Parish Renovation

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    This addition and renovation project for a 1991 church building is an exercise in transforming a centralized plan layout that negates traditional liturgical orientation into a more suitable place for Catholic worship. The project includes a new Adoration Chapel communicating with a two-sided Tabernacle placed on axis behind the Altar of Sacrifice in the Sanctuary, and a re-facing of the existing interior with iconography rooted in the Church’s sacred art heritage. In seeking to fulfill rather than fight the existing Modern architecture of the building, the design intervention has been envisioned as a modern version of Romanesque precedents – drawing strongly from the primitive forms of early Irish and Italian medieval architecture.

    David B. Meleca completed this project prior to joining Moody Nolan as the Director of Classical Design.

  2. Catholic Parish

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    The design of Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Leawood, Kansas includes a 1,200 seat sanctuary with a choir loft and parish offices and a large social hall on the lower level. The design is inspired by the Renaissance churches of Rome. The west entrance façade includes a large portico, rose window and volutes flanking the upper story and the church has a traditional cruciform plan.

    David B. Meleca completed this project prior to joining Moody Nolan as the Director of Classical Design.

  3. Parish and School of Religion

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    David B. Meleca designed the final phase of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Facilities Master Plan. As the centerpiece of the campus, parishioners decided to replace the existing church rather than build an addition. A more classical cruciform layout was also preferred over the existing design. The new church seats 1,200 to 1,400. Construction took just under two years to complete. During construction mass was held in both the existing church and the new Parish Activities Center (which was completed in 2008).

    David B. Meleca completed this project prior to joining Moody Nolan as the Director of Classical Design.

  4. Corporate Headquarters

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    The renovation to Wendy’s International Store #1, the original Wendy’s Fast Food Restaurant, into The Catholic Foundation’s new corporate headquarters. David B. Meleca kept the footprint of the original structure for historical significance and renovated the façade in brick and limestone to relate to St. Joseph’s Cathedral, located across the street. The first floor contains a lobby and 4,000 sq. ft. of space that can be rented to a retail or office tenant. The second floor houses staff offices, a library, conference room, and work room, a warming kitchen, and restrooms.

    David B. Meleca completed this project prior to joining Moody Nolan as the Director of Classical Design.

  5. The Church of St. Edward the Confessor

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    David B. Meleca was chosen by St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church to design a new church seeking to expand seating from 300 to 900. Working with a relatively restrictive budget, Meleca designed a new 14,500 sq. ft. worship space and renovated the existing church, reinventing it as the Narthex of the new complex.

    The new cruciform church design seats 900. The new Narthex is accessed from the east via a Classical entrance portico, which was designed to straddle the old church and connect with the new structure. It is topped with a cupola. An auxiliary entrance was also added to the south side of the Narthex. In the interior of the Narthex, the wood ceiling and timbers of the original church are still visible, creating a sense of continuity which was important to parishioners. With the old church incorporated into the new design, a generous gathering space with baptismal font under a cupola was created.

    David B. Meleca completed this project prior to joining Moody Nolan as the Director of Classical Design.