These Religious Architecture Award Winners Evoke The Sacred In Unconventional Ways

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Prayer space in the “Floating School”
Shangkhaburi village, Thailand
Kochi University of Technology




Our Lady of Mercy Chapel
Salve Regina University - Newport, Rhode Island
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP

The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg
Posted: 12/28/2014 8:41 am EST
Updated: 4 hours ago

What makes a space sacred?

If the winners of Faith & Form's 2014 Religious Art & Architecture award are any indication, it may be something different every time. A high ceiling, curved walls, stained glass windows or lush landscaping -- no two winners are alike, and yet each offers viewers a fresh way of interacting with the divine.

"What [the jury members] were looking for was great design that was willing to take some risks, and not be just traditional in appearance," Faith & Form editor in chief Michael J. Crosbie, told HuffPost by email.

The architects, whose works live in cities around the globe, all took on challenging projects, Crosbie said, that attempted to demonstrate the ways religious structures must adapt to declining attendance in mainstream religions. Even with this contemporary challenge, the tradition of religious architecture goes back millennia.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/28/religious-architecture_n_6373696.html



KAPSARC Community Mosque
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
HOK




Temple Judea
Tarzana, California
Herman Coliver Locus Architecture


http://faithandform.com/feature/2014-international-awards-program-religious-art-architecture/

[TexasProgresive]

1. I love to see how we humans express ourselves.

I would like to visit the one in Thailand, inside and out.

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2. Google answers all prayers.

http://www.architectural-review.com/pictures/606x422fitpad[0]/4/3/9/1404439_08prayerdome.jpg

http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/highly-commended-school-floating-in-the-sky-in-sangkhlaburi-thailand-by-kochi-university/8673680.article

[cbayer]

3. Well worth the click to see them all.

The student works are particularly interesting, but don't appear to be built yet.

I love looking at the old and new places of worship when traveling. Thanks for posting this.

[shenmue]

4. Neat