Contemporary religious buildings have a profound influence on the architectural mainstream and offer an outlet for a more unrestrained approach to form and space making. Unshackled by functional constraints, the projects in this book, by some of todays best-known architects alongside innovative emerging designers, explore architectonic themes in sacred structures, whilst setting them in a modern historical context.
'SACRED SPACES. Contemporary Religious Architecture' showcases 30 of the most breath-taking, innovative, iconic and undiscovered examples of contemporary religious architecture, including work by well-known architects alongside emerging designers. The range of projects includes buildings for all major religions, places of mass worship, intimate chapels, cemeteries, mausoleums and memorials, each documented with lavish, in-depth photography and drawings
Contemporary religious buildings have a profound influence on the architectural mainstream and offer an outlet for a more unrestrained approach to form and space making. Unshackled by functional constraints, the projects in this book, by some of todays best-known architects alongside innovative emerging designers, explore architectonic themes in sacred structures, whilst setting them in a modern historical context.
'SACRED SPACES. Contemporary Religious Architecture' showcases 30 of the most breath-taking, innovative, iconic and undiscovered examples of contemporary religious architecture, including work by well-known architects alongside emerging designers. The range of projects includes buildings for all major religions, places of mass worship, intimate chapels, cemeteries, mausoleums and memorials, each documented with lavish, in-depth photography and drawings.
Features the following projects:
CARDBOARD CATHEDRAL, Shigeru Ban
KARSAMAKI SHINGLE CHURCH, Office for Peripheral Architecture
TARNOW CHAPEL, Beton
DE LA PIEDRA CHAPEL, Nomena Arquitectos + Ximena Alvarez
CURCH OF SEED, O Studio Architects
SHRINE OF THE VIRGIN OF LA ANTIGUA, Otxotorena Arquitectos
MEISO NO MORI CREMATORIUM, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
CHANDGAON MOSQUE, Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
ST MORITZ CHURCH, John Pawson
WHITE CHAPEL, Jun Aoki & Associates
BUDDHIST MEDITATION CENTRE, Bureau SLA
CHURCH OF SKY, Itami Jun Architects
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE, SYNAGOGUE AND MUSEUM, Wandel Hoefer Lorch Arkitekten
BETH SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE, Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects
RITUALS CREMATORIUM, +udeb arquitectos
DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, Claus en Kaan Architecten
BROTHER CLAUS FIELD CHAPEL, Peter Zumthor
LJG SYNAGOGUE, seARCH
PRAYER AND MEDITATION PAVILION, Studio Tam Associati
ALTACH ISLAMIC CEMETERY, Bernardo Bader Architekten
GUBBIO CEMETERY, Andrea Dragoni + Fransesco Pes
WATER-MOON MONASTERY, Kris Yao | Artech
INGELHEIM FUNERAL CHAPEL, Bayer & Strobel Architekten
CREMATORIUM CHARITY TRUST, Mancini Enterprises
SUNSET CHAPEL, BNKR Arquitectura
POPE JOHN PAUL II HALL, Randic & Turato
CHUSHIN-JI TEMPLE, Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates
PILGRIM ROUTE REFUGE, Luis Aldrete
AUCO CHAPEL, Undurraga Deves Arquitectos
KUOKKALA CHURCH, Office for Peripheral Architecture
James Pallister is an independent publisher, writer and editor with interests in architecture, design and technology. He has worked at Dezeen.com where he was Head of Content and the Architects' Journal, where he was variously AJ Publications Editor, Senior Editor and Feature Writer. He has written for titles including Vice, Apollo, Creative Review, Eye, Grafik, and The Independent. He has lectured and taught at the Architectural Association, London South Bank University and at the University of Sheffield. He studied Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in Religion and Politics.
