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- Mexico's gorgeous Sunset Chapel looks like a gigantic boulder Tue, 15 Aug 17, 9:06pmThrough several contrasting features, this striking chapel in Acapulco, Mexico embodies feelings of both hope and sadness. Mexico City-based Bunker Arquitectura constructed the Sunset Chapel on top of a hill and gave it an...
- The brickwork inside this beautiful Tehran community center will blow your mind Fri, 3 Mar 17, 5:00pmKalout Architecture Studio's Imam Reza Cultural and Religious Complex in Tehran, Iran is a vibrant urban space that locals of all ages and social groups enjoy...
- Kentucky Noah's Ark Encounter opens amidst severe flooding Sat, 9 Jul 16, 4:26amChristian fundamentalist organization Answers in Genesis' (AiG) just opened their Ark Encounter in Kentucky, and the event was, ironically, greeted with epic flash floods and heavy rain...
- Ron Shenkin’s cemetery meeting space is a forest-like concrete canopy in Israel Fri, 23 Oct 15, 4:00pmThis open-space meeting place in Pardesia, Israel, built as an exposed concrete slab resting on slender metal pillars, is also a monument to the rural and natural surroundings demolished for urban repurposing...
- Unique light-transmitting concrete makes Abu Dhabi’s gorgeous Al Aziz Mosque glow Thu, 8 Oct 15, 4:00pmThanks to its light transmitting concrete facade, the Al Aziz Mosque in Abu Dhabi changes its appearance from opaque during the day to semi-transparent at night...
- Michail Georgiou reimagines orthodox tradition for his tiny chapel in Cyprus Wed, 26 Aug 15, 3:00pmThe curved roof reaches outwards at either end of the chapel, past the interior space, allowing the interior to flow outside and natural light to flow inside...
- Gorgeous Sayama Forest Chapel in Japan resembles hands clasped in prayer Thu, 20 Aug 15, 12:13amThe architect first planted additional trees and created the building around them. While the adjacent Community Hall building has a more horizontal configuration, with its circular plan and radial wooden beams supported by...
- Giant mysterious ‘chicken church’ roosts atop a hill in the Indonesian jungle Thu, 23 Jul 15, 2:30amDeep in the Indonesian jungle, a giant chicken roosts atop a hill. But this huge bird doesn’t peck at the ground or lay eggs. The enormous chicken-shaped building was hatched by a Jakarta man who claims God sent him a message...
- Giant ‘chicken church’ roosts atop a hill in the Indonesian jungle Thu, 23 Jul 15, 1:30amDeep in the Indonesian jungle, a giant chicken roosts atop a hill. But this huge bird doesn’t peck at the ground or lay eggs. The enormous chicken-shaped building was hatched by a Jakarta man who claims God sent him a message...
- a21studio levitates a stone slab to create a unique Buddhist temple in Vietnam Thu, 5 Mar 15, 9:09amThe pavilion is located on a rocky slope accessible via stone steps that create a promenade and lead to a small clearing among a patch of trees. The structure is open on all sides and is surrounded by lush vegetation, wild...
- a21studio levitates a slab of stone to create a unique Buddhist temple in Vietnam Thu, 5 Mar 15, 4:00amThe pavilion is located on a rocky slope accessible via stone steps that create a promenade and lead to a small clearing among a patch of trees. The structure is open on all sides and is surrounded by lush vegetation, wild...
- a21studio builds a unique Buddhist temple as a floating stone canopy in Vietnam Wed, 4 Mar 15, 5:00pmThe pavilion is located on a rocky slope accessible via stone steps that create a promenade and lead to a small clearing among a patch of trees. The structure is open on all sides and is surrounded by lush vegetation, wild...
- Stark White Autobahn Church Hides a Wonderous Surprise Inside Mon, 14 Apr 14, 3:00pmOn the outside, Schneider + Schumacher Architekten's fantastic church looks like a white three-dimensional interpretation of traditional village church...
- FREE’s Miami Chapel is an Innovative Church Modeled After the Pleats in the Lady of Guadalupe’s Robe Tue, 6 Nov 12, 4:21amRead the rest of FREE’s Miami Chapel is an Innovative Church Modeled After the Pleats in the Lady of Guadalupe’s Robe Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: architecture competition, chapel design,...
- Andrew MacNair’s Egg Chapel Was Handrafted by Shipbuilders and Assembled by a Local Family in South Korea Tue, 9 Oct 12, 2:40amRead the rest of Andrew MacNair’s Egg Chapel Was Handrafted by Shipbuilders and Assembled by a Local Family in South Korea Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Andrew MacNair, Egg Chapel, green prefab...