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Seniors Residence and San José Chapel / Peñín Architects

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Valencia, Spain
  • Architects: Peñín Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12362
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

Puckapunyal Military Area Memorial Chapel / BVN

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  • Architects: BVN
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

AD Round Up: Religious Architecture Part VII

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Two churches, two chapels, and one temple. Check our seventh selection of previously featured religious architecture after the break.

Kuokkala Church / Lassila Hirvilammi The wish of the Parish of Jyväskylä was to build “a church that looks like a church”. Our proposal was a simple, sculptural form within which all of the church’s different functions could be contained. The design is “of our time”, yet permeated with nods to and re-interpretations of church-building tradition (read more…)

Chapel of Rest / MPC

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  • Architects: MPC: MPC - Vicente Mirallave, Flora Pescador, Ángel Casas, Jin Taira
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  616
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

St Mary’s Kinglake Church / Kavellaris Urban Design

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St Mary, Australia

Church of Suan-Lien Center for the Elderly / J.J. Pan & Partners

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Taipei, Taiwan

In Progess: Memorial Church of Heroes / Boczkó Architects

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© Courtesy of Boczkó Architects

Architects: Boczkó Architects Location: Vác, Hungary Project Team: Zoltán Gábor Szepesi & Zsuzsanna Mohai Landscaping: Hajlék Tervező Bt., Vácduka Structural Engineering: Kerek és Pintér Kft, Budapest Electrical Engineering: Dinamic Kft, Gödöllő Building Services: Mopemedia Kft, Vác Fire Services: Brolex Kft, Budapest Project area: 360 sqm Project year: 2010-2011 Photographs: Ákos Boczkó

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Onnuri Methodist Church / JUNGLIM Architecture

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Lookout Point Espinazo del Diablo / HHF Architects

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Harajuku Church / Ciel Rouge

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  • Architects: Ciel Rouge
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1100
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2006

Mikve Rajel / Pascal Arquitectos

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Jewish Community Center Mainz / Manuel Herz Architects

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Mainz, Germany
  • Architects: Manuel Herz Architects: Manuel Herz Architects, Basel and Cologne - Manuel Herz
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2500
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Hunter Douglas Architectural (Europe), Hunter Douglas

First Unitarian Society Meeting House / TKWA

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  • Architects: TKWA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  20000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Littleton Church of Christ / Semple Brown Design

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Centennial, United States
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  26165 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2006

BIG wins the competition to design a major Cultural Center in Albania

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Courtesy of BIG

BIG, Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold, Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management are today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.

More images and complete press release after the break.

Madonna della Rosa Sanctuary Extension / Studioartec

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Monticelli Brusati, Italy
  • Architects: Studioartec
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  4022
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Centre Of Theology And Ministry / Williams Boag Architects

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  • Architects: Williams Boag Architects: Williams Boag architects Pty Ltd
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5580
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2007

Chapel of St.Lawrence / Avanto Architects, Ville Hara and Anu Puustinen

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Vantaa, Finland