© Ieva Saudargaite
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)
Courtesy of Alan Karchmer Photography
RLJ Chapel / Ricaro Yslas Gamez Arquitectos
(San Juan Cosalá, Jalisco)
© Jaime Navarro
Vajrasana Buddhist Retreat Centre / Walters & Cohen Architects
(Bury Saint Edmunds, UK)
© Jim Stephenson
Stella Maris Chapel / Alejandro Beautell Arquitecto
(Tenerife, Canarias Island, Spain)
© Efrain Pintos
Garden Chapel Pavilion / archimania
(Memphis, TN, USA)
Courtesy of archimania
Liberty United Methodist Church / Dake Wells Architecture
(Liberty, MO, USA)
Courtesy of Architectural Imageworks LLC
New Faith Baptist Church Worship Center / Harding Partners
(Matteson, IL, USA)
Courtesy of Christopher Barrett Photography
Park Plaza Synagogue / Epstein-Principal Designer Andrew Metter
(Chicago, IL, USA)
Courtesy of Ballogg Photography
Tegami-Dokoro / Shoji Oshio + UA architects
(Funabashi, Chiba, Japan)
© Ken'ichi Suzuki
Amir Shakib Arslan Mosque / L.E.FT Architects
(Moukhtara, Lebanon)
© Ieva Saudargaite
Bellevue First Congregational Church / atelierjones llc
(Bellevue, WA, USA)
Courtesy of Lara Swimmer
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue Chapel / FXFOWLE
(New York, NY, USA)
© Chris Cooper
Redeemer Presbyteraian / archimania
(Memphis, TN, USA)
Courtesy of Hank Mardukas Photography
SGI New England Buddhist Center / Touloukian Touloukian Inc
(Brookline, MA, USA)
Courtesy of Photo Anton Grassi Photography
Redemption Arcadia / DeBartolo Architects
(Pheonix, AZ, USA)
© Bill Timmerman
Westport Presbyterian Church / BNIM
(Kansas City, MO, USA)
© Michael Robinson
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah / Architecture Research Office
(New York, NY, USA)
© Elizabeth Felicella/Esto
The Sheridan Center Chapel / Jackson & Ryan Architects
(Houston, TX, USA)
© Mark Scheyer
Chai Spice Box / Ellen Hunt
(Chicago, IL, USA)
© Ellen Hunt
Duke University Chapel Woodwork Restoration / Century Guild
(Durham, NC, USA)
© KC Ramsay
‘Pieta’ / Salvatore LaRosa
© David Mitchell
Eid Prayer Ground / Allies and Morrison
(Doha, Qatar)
© Gerry O'Leary
Cathedral Campus / Strada Architecture LLC
(Wheeling, WA, USA)
© Dennis Marsico
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption / Moto Designshop
(Port-au-Prince)
Courtesy of Moto Designshop
Funeral Home / Edyta Paula Konstantynowicz
(Biolystok, Poland)
Courtesy of Edyta Paula Konstantynowicz
Sacred Space of a Modern Man / Joanna Wierzbicka
(Warsaw, Poland)
Courtesy of Joanna Wierzbicka
The Mhuysqa Offering / Travis Price Architects with The Catholic University of America
(Tenjo, Columbia)
© Travis Price