Introduction
The Dix Valley and its large hydroelectric plants
- Life before the dam 3
- The first Dixence dam 5
- The Grande-Dixence dam
Hérémence's new church
- The context
- The competition
- Construction
Walter Maria Förderer: an architect-cum-sculptor in search of an ideal
- Biography
- His thinking and writings
Architectural promenade
- External ambulations
- Inside the church
Reactions and critical success given to the Church of Saint-Nicolas d'Hérémence
Contemporary religious architecture in Switzerland and Valais
Appendices