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czech studio RCNKSK employs medieval building methods to construct modern chapel


the luminous chapel punctuates the rolling landscape and vast open fields of the czech republic.

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gold leaf murals by ramos alderete studio symbolize baptism and penance in madrid chapels


each mural is a composition of repetitive vertical strokes in blue and violet to symbolize the 'rain of grace' and 'purple tears'.

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ste murray captures brutalist curves and rings of sacra famiglia church in italy as it turns 50


the photo series looks at the sunlit stillness of six interlocking curves which form this sacred space built by paolo portoghesi in the 1970s.

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modernist and symbolic design merge within justus dahinden’s kung-tung church in taiwan


a sloped roof and sprayed concrete walls define the architectural form of the chapel.

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nomade taller de arquitectura and ecuadorian community conceive contemporary temple


'space to talk with god' reconnects the rumipamba community with the sacred through architecture.

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g&a’s web-app enables immersive virtual tour of santiago calatrava’s new york church


drone-enabled high-resolution photogrammetry virtually memorializes st. nicholas church, rebuilt by calatrava following destruction in 9/11.

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rothko chapel closes indefinitely following damages from hurricane beryl


part of the ceiling and several walls sustained water damage, and three of mark rothko’s panels were affected to varying degrees.

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o-office architects uncovers layers of time with old church renovation in china


a steel 'cross' lattice structure occupies the dismantled roof, infusing the old church with a modern intervention.

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