The Luce Chapel was unscathed by the September 21, 1999 earthquake that battered much of central Taiwan. After 50 years, it still hasn ’ t lost even a single exterior tile — a feat that bears witness to the stability of the structure and the integrity of the construction, which far surpasses that of many of the reinforced concrete structures that followed it.
1999 年 921 大地震重創全台，路思義教堂卻能安然無恙，甚至 50 年沒掉過一片外牆磁磚，顯見其結構之穩固、施工之紮實，強過許多當代建築。