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Morovian Church / 70F Architecture

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Churches
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Underway in New Zealand

Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Underway in New Zealand - Religious Architecture
Courtesy of Christchurch City Libraries' Flickr

Shigeru Ban just can’t get enough of paper tubes. The Japanese architect, renowned for his design of structures that can be quickly and inexpensively erected in disaster zones, is at it again in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, which was hit hard by a devastating earthquake last February. The earthquake of magnitude 6.3 killed over 200 people and inflicted irreparable damage on the city’s iconic gothic cathedral of 132 years. The cathedral was a copy of one in Oxford, England, and was one of the most famous landmarks of the Christchurch, pictured on postcards, souvenirs and tea towels.

A pioneer in so-called “emergency architecture,” Shigeru Ban has begun construction on a highly anticipated, unique replacement: a simple A-frame structure composed of paper tubes of equal length and 20 foot containers. The tubes will be coated with waterproof polyurethane and flame retardants that the architect has been developing since 1986 - years before environmental friendliness and the use of inexpensive recycled materials were even a concern in architecture.

Read more about Ban's visionary Cardboard Cathedral after the break...

AD Round Up: Religious Architecture in Latin America

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Forest Chapel / Hironaka Ogawa & Associates

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Chapel
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Shibukawa, Japan

Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall / D.LIM architects

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Memorial Center
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Yongsan-dong 2-ga, South Korea

St Alfred’s Church / Studio B Architects

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Churches
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Nunawading, Australia
  • Architects: Studio B Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1516 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

Southland Christian Church / EOP Architects

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Churches
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Lexington, United States

De Bron Church Renovation / Bureau MT

De Bron Church Renovation / Bureau MT - Renovation, Door, Facade
© Dirk Verwoerd
Churches, Renovation
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Amersfoort, The Netherlands
  • Architects: Bureau MT
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1030 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

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Cathedral of the Northern Lights / schmidt hammer lassen architects + LINK arkitektur

Cathedral of the Northern Lights / schmidt hammer lassen architects + LINK arkitektur - Cathedral
© Adam Mørk
Cathedral
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Norway

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Water-Moon Monastery / KRIS YAO | ARTECH

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© Jeffrey Cheng
Temple
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Taipei, Taiwan

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Video: Lakewood Garden Mausoleum / HGA

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Serving as the foremost resting place for Minnesota’s distinguished citizens, the Lakewood Garden Mausoleum, designed by HGA, is a treasured landmark and community asset in the city’s neighborhood. The video above captures its pastoral quality and embraces the landscape while offering a contemplative interior experience. It also highlights the design’s relationship between natural light and nature, which strengthens the connection between the spiritual and the earth-bound.

Ecumenical Forum HafenCity / Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch

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Religious Architecture, Institutional buildings
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Hamburg, Germany
  • Architects: Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Wittmunder Klinker Neuschoo, batimet

Mosque (Amir Al-Momenin) Proposal / CAAT Studio

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Focusing on local architecture, the proposal for the Mosque (Amir Al- Momenin) by CAAT Studio detaches from everyday life and the approach to worship space in accessing the building. The integrated entity of the proposal plays its role as a religious and cultural center in the region scale while communicating with the environment. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Shrine of the Virgin of La Antigua / Otxotorena Arquitectos

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Religious Architecture
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Alberite, Spain

As burial field / Karres en Brands

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cemetery, Memorial Center
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Architects: Karres en Brands
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  10000 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

AD Classics: Colònia Güell / Antoni Gaudí

Colònia Güell was a workers’ colony located in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, presently a town of around 7,000 inhabitants 20km outside Barcelona. The area was a manufacturing suburb that grew rapidly around the turn of the 20th century. In 1898, Antoni Gaudi was commissioned by Count Eusebi de Güell, who wanted to provide a place of worship for the booming suburb, to build a Church. It was never actually completed because the money ran out as a result of economic hardships. When work stopped in 1915, only the crypt was completed, though it is nevertheless listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site. In 2002, a restoration was carried out by architect Antonio González Moreno who was widely criticized for allegedly mistreating Gaudi’s work.

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Congregation House / SAGRA Architects

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Worship
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Szolnok, Hungary

Cistercian Abbey Church / Cunningham Architects

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Churches, Renovation
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Irving, United States