PROJECTOF THEYEAR:CLASSIII
THEINSPIRINGBODYOF CHRIST Basden Steel's Project Captures Category Ill Project of the Year Tina Cauller The Inspiring 13ody of Chri!)l (IBOC) IM<lit.s roob. in ,, small
commt1nity d1oir of 150 that. be<--<11ni: th..:spriogh<>anlIOra l"lmrdl i;,.,.,,k,J by cvangdist Rickie G. Rush. The IROC Rod <1ui~k ly overilowcd their original church huilding ancl today> wi1h tht .. Ouln:a<.·hof th<>Internet ministry, it~ mernhership numbers n1<m.· than I 5,000. Pastor Rush ha.<. :ihvayshad big d1Y'ams for his <·hun:h, and today, a d1urch ladli1y as monorr11. ..•ntal as his drt.~ms stands in u::stJJllt.'Ulto his ,•ision. \Vhcn t11.;t:ongrcgation of the ln.,spiring B<x1yof Chli~ Church
IIr.,;t lift:; ,heir <...-ulleclivc voice in praise in the new facility, they will n,ost likely not he thinking <it:hc:inspi1;ng dlorts th;:itbrought their .spiritual home to life-.l low(·vc-r,t>lt"rH("lllSor lhis p1-ojtcl ckvat«::d The 172,000-square•foot
it.s<·ompk·xil)'far beyond the ordinary and prcs:;:(•dthoS<"involvc•d in. i.lst~rulruclion lo mccl extraordinary challenge:;:·with in~irat.ion of thcir own. l.;rom a ~tcd J"X;1'.5pc<.-tivc, the !BOC Church, co1nposed of700 tons of stn.1(·t1..1ral st<.·cl~md LOOtilt-up panels, could have been jt1l>t ,moth1.·runrt.·r1:1Jrkablcconstruclion project, cx<:cpt for lhc co'lossal footprint ri.:quircd to ~K'('Ouw1odatc: its si:,abk: c.:ongn•&cytion. However, the-faciHty is anything b1..1l ordinary lhanks to its dcsignC"rs.who oonc<-ive<I a ~o.,-.ringhigh-roof stn,1(.·tun.·, ~hdtcring a rnulliple-levd sa1H·t.uary .md a numl>t.·ror othc.·rhighly <listi1Ktive features, including a St·rit;.sof thrn· c.·,1.tryarcl1n through a stw1ning $2 million, 70-foot-101\g, 70,000-gallon saltwater aquarium
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