How does contemporary religious architecture adapt to the needs of the modern world? Each year, Faith & Form magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA) award acknowledges the best in religious art and architecture. This year’s winners included 27 projects spanning in religious denomination, size, and location. Beyonds this, the award recognizes three common trends present in religious architecture today: re-adaptation of existing facilities, community-based sacred spaces, and simplicity in design. Read on to see all 27 winners.
Calcagnini Contemplative Center / Dynerman Architects
(Bluemont, VA, USA)
RLJ Chapel / Ricaro Yslas Gamez Arquitectos
(San Juan Cosalá, Jalisco)
Vajrasana Buddhist Retreat Centre / Walters & Cohen Architects
(Bury Saint Edmunds, UK)
Stella Maris Chapel / Alejandro Beautell Arquitecto
(Tenerife, Canarias Island, Spain)
Garden Chapel Pavilion / archimania
(Memphis, TN, USA)
Liberty United Methodist Church / Dake Wells Architecture
(Liberty, MO, USA)
New Faith Baptist Church Worship Center / Harding Partners
(Matteson, IL, USA)
Park Plaza Synagogue / Epstein-Principal Designer Andrew Metter
(Chicago, IL, USA)
Tegami-Dokoro / Shoji Oshio + UA architects
(Funabashi, Chiba, Japan)
Amir Shakib Arslan Mosque / L.E.FT Architects
(Moukhtara, Lebanon)
Bellevue First Congregational Church / atelierjones llc
(Bellevue, WA, USA)
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue Chapel / FXFOWLE
(New York, NY, USA)
Redeemer Presbyteraian / archimania
(Memphis, TN, USA)
SGI New England Buddhist Center / Touloukian Touloukian Inc
(Brookline, MA, USA)
Redemption Arcadia / DeBartolo Architects
(Pheonix, AZ, USA)
Westport Presbyterian Church / BNIM
(Kansas City, MO, USA)
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah / Architecture Research Office
(New York, NY, USA)
The Sheridan Center Chapel / Jackson & Ryan Architects
(Houston, TX, USA)
Chai Spice Box / Ellen Hunt
(Chicago, IL, USA)
Duke University Chapel Woodwork Restoration / Century Guild
(Durham, NC, USA)
'Pieta' / Salvatore LaRosa
Eid Prayer Ground / Allies and Morrison
(Doha, Qatar)
Cathedral Campus / Strada Architecture LLC
(Wheeling, WA, USA)
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption / Moto Designshop
(Port-au-Prince)
Funeral Home / Edyta Paula Konstantynowicz
(Biolystok, Poland)
Sacred Space of a Modern Man / Joanna Wierzbicka
(Warsaw, Poland)
The Mhuysqa Offering / Travis Price Architects with The Catholic University of America
(Tenjo, Columbia)
