>Chapelle Saint-Joseph in Lille, France
It being understood that it is always a regret when a sacred building is demolished, I would like to underline two things: the chapelle Saint-Joseph, a neo-Gothic style church (it is therefore not an original Gothic building: God forbid) built in 1886 in the Vauban district, on project by the architect Auguste Mourcou (Lille, 1823 - 1911), it was now a long-abandoned building and the church had already been deconsecrated for several decades.
Of course, a complete restoration cycle could be carried out to be restored to normal conditions of stability.
The church, moreover, was part of a unitary architectural complex, that of the Collège Saint-Paul, of which the main body, Palais Rameau, designed by the same architect and classified as a historic monument, will be restored: what has therefore been disputed , at least in France, it is the destruction of the unity of a complex.
In any case, it is better to be demolished than to see it transform as has already happened in numerous cases into a pub, disco or restaurant, which in some respects is even more blasphemous….