The NorthPark Presbyterian Church design was intended to correct several problems in the old church as well as to reuse stained glass windows from two previous churches.  While the earlier church had a fan-shaped seating arrangement that provided a good sense of community, it has no central aisle and the choir was placed to the rear, segregated from the congregation.  The plan for the new church is a modified traditional nave with a central aisle.  The pews on one side, however, are angled toward the chancel and the choir seating continues the wraparound effect.

On the exterior, the linear volume recalls a classic church, at least in profile-a long, steeply pitched roof with a steeple.  The bare simplicity of the stone planes contrasts with the complex involutions of the metal roof and spire.  On the south side, the roof planes are recessed below the framing trusses to open clerestory windows beneath the ridge.  Interior louvers are placed to allow direct light to strike only the cross and the stone end-wall of the nave.

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