Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church / By Marlon Blackwell Architect

Springdale, United States
Marlon Blackwell Architect
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Photo © Courtesy of Timothy Hursley--At night, St. Nicholas presents a glowing, balanced composition. The architects embedded blue and yellow glass windows and a red cross in the white, western elevation. To further delineate the church, they surrounded it with a skirt of black mulch.

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: CIVIC AND COMMUNITY
Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church is the result of a transformation of an existing metal shop building into a sanctuary and fellowship hall in anticipation of a larger adjacent sanctuary on the same site.

Mennonite Church / By FARO Architecten

Apeldoornseweg, Elspeet, Netherlands
FARO Architecten
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Photo © Courtesy of FARO Architecten

Design a church according to the traditional Mennonite principles: a sustainable building, with the user in mind and a space for gathering and meeting.

Senhora da Boa Nova Church / By Roseta Vaz Monteiro Arquitectos

Estoril, Cascais, Portugal
Roseta Vaz Monteiro Arquitectos
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Photo © Courtesy of Joao Morgado

The site’s name was the “End of the World”. It was one of the city’s last slums. The project brief was determined through a participative process involving everyone in the local community in order to guarantee the project’s social and economical sustainability.

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ Sanctuary : By Constantine George Pappas AIA Architecture/Planning

Rochester, Michigan, United States
Constantine George Pappas AIA Architecture/Planning
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Photo © Courtesy of David Rose

This project consists of a new 375 seat sanctuary addition with associated lower level community spaces.The concept is based on the cross sectional articulation of a box, and how to manipulate light into the interior of the worship space.

Cathedral of Christ the Light : By SOM-Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Oakland, California, United States
SOM-Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
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Photo © Courtesy of Timothy Hursley
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Throughout time, cathedrals have signified some of the human race’s most awe-inspiring architectural endeavors.