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Architects: Otxotorena Arquitectos
- Year: 2009
Religious Architecture: The Latest Architecture and News
Shrine of the Virgin of La Antigua / Otxotorena Arquitectos
As burial field / Karres en Brands
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Architects: Karres en Brands
- Area: 10000 m²
- Year: 2008
AD Classics: Colònia Güell / Antoni Gaudí
Colònia Güell was a workers’ colony located in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, presently a town of around 7,000 inhabitants 20km outside Barcelona. The area was a manufacturing suburb that grew rapidly around the turn of the 20th century. In 1898, Antoni Gaudi was commissioned by Count Eusebi de Güell, who wanted to provide a place of worship for the booming suburb, to build a Church. It was never actually completed because the money ran out as a result of economic hardships. When work stopped in 1915, only the crypt was completed, though it is nevertheless listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site. In 2002, a restoration was carried out by architect Antonio González Moreno who was widely criticized for allegedly mistreating Gaudi’s work.
Congregation House / SAGRA Architects
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Architects: SAGRA Architects
- Year: 2012
Cistercian Abbey Church / Cunningham Architects
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Architects: Cunningham Architects
Notre Dame de l’Assomption - National Cathedral Competition Entry / NC-Office
Recently destroyed by the 2010 Earthquake, Port-au-Prince’s new design for the National Cathedral is presented as an absolute plain wall of concrete which expresses the true character of the construction. Designed by NC-Office, the concrete material is not only structurally appropriate, but it also produces a somber cool space that absorbs light – forming an architecture of shadows. More images and architects’ description after the break.
New Synagogue Dresden / Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch
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Architects: Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch
- Year: 1997
Islamic Funeral Pavilion / Atelier PUUUR
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Architects: Atelier PUUUR
- Area: 190 m²
- Year: 2012
Brooks + Scarpa design Interfaith Chapel in Florida
The highly acclaimed Los Angeles-based practice Brooks + Scarpa Architects, along with KZF Design, have released plans for a new Interfaith Chapel at the University of North Florida. Drawing inspiration from a free-flowing wedding gown, its informally shaped footprint - reminiscent of an allegorical figure such as Justice, Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence and Fortitude - flows upward and culminates at the top with a large skylight whose light is diffused by a wooden lattice spire that is derived from the symbol of infinity.
The symbolic, 7000 square-foot structure will provide students with an intimate, spiritual space that may be used daily while also supporting a variety of diverse religious services, such as student ceremonies, weddings, lectures, meditative practices, musical performances and more.
Learn more about Brooks + Scarpa’s wooden chapel after the break.
The Jewish Center in Munich / Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch
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Architects: Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch
- Area: 11890 m²
- Year: 2007
Scherpenzeel Multifuntional Complex / Slangen + Koenis Architects
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Architects: Slangen+Koenis Architects
- Year: 2009
Sansepolcro Cemetery / Studio Zermani e Associati
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Architects: Studio Zermani e Associati
- Year: 2012
Double Church For Two Faiths / Kister Scheithauer Gross Architects And Urban Planners
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Architects: KSG Architekten
- Year: 2004
Crematory In Parma / Studio Zermani e Associati
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Architects: Studio Zermani e Associati
- Year: 2009
Chapel Schaufeljoch / AO Architekten
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Architects: AO Architekten
- Year: 2012
Drayton Green Church Proposal / Piercy & Company
Award-winning London based architecture practice Piercy & Company recently revealed their proposal for Drayton Green Church in Ealing, London, a new building for the International Presbyterian Church (IPC). Their scheme retains an existing Grade ll listed chapel – originally built as an annex to the previously adjacent St Helena’s Home for ‘fallen women’ – and encloses it within a larger scheme. This new design includes an entrance hall, administrative and meeting spaces, and a worship space for up to 200 people. They are anticipating to start construction in the summer of 2013. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Chapel In The Woods / Studio Zermani e Associati
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Architects: Studio Zermani e Associati
- Year: 2012
San Giovanni Church / Studio Zermani e Associati
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Architects: Studio Zermani e Associati
- Year: 2007