This week we’ve selected the best chapels previously published on our site. They reveal different ways of designing a small and sacred space. For inspiration on how to create these atmospheres, integrate different materials, and make proper use of light, we present 32 remarkable examples.
Best Small Chapel Architecture & Design
Contemporary Religious Architecture That Rethinks Traditional Spaces for Worship
Constructing places of worship has always been an intricate practice, managing to detach the human, and release the boundary between body, mind, and spirit. Holy presence has been crucial in designing and constructing sacred places, which is why almost all religious building possessed similar characteristics: grandiosity, monolithic material, natural elements, and a plan that compliments an individual’s circulation through the space. Contemporary religious structures, however, found a way to adapt to the evolution of architecture. Unlike the Gothic or Baroque periods, modern-day architecture does not have a dominant identity. It is, in fact, a combination of postmodernism, futurism, minimalism, and everything in between. Architects have found a way to transform these exclusive, religion-devoted places into structures of spirituality, manifestation, and fascination.
Here is a selection of contemporary religious buildings that prove once again that architects are breaking all boundaries of creativity.
Family Residence / Tempesta Tramparulo
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Architects: Tempesta Tramparulo
- Area: 269 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Cdesign, Contec AG, Haga, Schneider Holz, Wider
La Fontenette Social Housing / frundgallina
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Architects: frundgallina
- Year: 2015
Community Shelter / frundgallina
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Architects: frundgallina
- Year: 2010
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Manufacturers: horgenglarus
House Refurbishment / frundgallina
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Architects: frundgallina
- Year: 2013
Temporary chapel for the Deaconesses of St-Loup - Localarchitecture / Danilo Mondada + LOCALARCHITECTURE
- Year: 2008