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The spirit of Ellsworth Kelly lives on in his Austin chapel
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Tales from the crypt: Dow Jones Architects refurbishes a Hawksmoor icon
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Old and new: AL_A combine tradition and modernity for Abu Dhabi mosque
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High rise: a chapel in a Helsinki suburb is a vaulting success
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Holy brick: the Argentinian chapel that changes with the rotation of the sun
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Swiss architect Mario Botta’s sacred buildings
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British mosques explored: 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale preview
Previewing the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, we catch up with Shahed Saleem, one of the curators at the Applied Arts Pavilion Special Project. Titled ‘Three British Mosques', this exciting collaboration between La Biennale di Venezia and London's Victoria & Albert Museum focuses on adapted mosque spaces in London
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Brutalist cathedral in the UK opens to the public following renovation
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Piercy & Co gives an historic London church modern geometries
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Slow architecture: John Pawson’s Casa delle Bottere complex in Veneto
Wallpaper* met with John Pawson during the construction of Casa delle Bottere in Veneto, northern Italy, in 2010. The house, that completed in 2014, was, for both designer and client, an exercise in slow architecture, recognising the time, thought and space required for the birthing of a masterpiece of minimalism.
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Chiharu Shiota weaves past, present and future at an 18th-century Yorkshire chapel
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Holy orders: Not Vital’s installation in a remote Filipino province is worth a pilgrimage
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Brutalism blossoms in Sydney with a new orthogonal concrete mosque
Sculptural concrete poetically channels space and light at Candalepas Associates’ new home for the Australian Islamic Mission. From the vaulted ceiling with funnel-shaped skylight, to the rounded wooden rings that gradual constrict towards an oculus, and the muqarnas that welcome in slim rays of sunlight, each architectural element breathes geometry and spirituality.
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Gio Ponti’s cut-out cathedral in Taranto deserves a resurrection
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The architecture of Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021)
Pritzker Prize winning German architect Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021) passed away on 9 June 2021 at the age of 101. Here, we revisit a story from the Wallpaper* archives, celebrating the geometric shapes of his 1968 Pilgrimage Church near Koln
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Walter Maria Förderer’s 1960s European churches remain avant-garde today
In the 1960s, Walter Maria Förderer designed eight churches in Switzerland and Germany. Influenced by Le Corbusier, and even more so by the collages of Kurt Schwitters and Gothic architecture, Förderer designed cascades of concrete blocks and strange totemic objects that now form some of Europe’s most avant-garde religious buildings.
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Marina Tabassum on the ‘architecture of relevance’
Dhaka-based architect Marina Tabassum – tipped by Frida Escobedo as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project – on architecture for human wellbeing and dignity
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Shining levels: John McAslan + Partners' Kericho cathedral embraces Kenyan design language
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High worship: Maroun Lahoud designs minimal Maronite church in Lebanon
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Temple of Steps named Best New Public Building: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
The shortlist for the Wallpaper* Design Award for Best New Public Building 2021 includes world-leading culture, community and infrastructure spaces
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Max Lamb designs sculptural objects for renovated 1960s church
London-based designer Max Lamb has created a new altar, sanctuary floor, and Paschal and altar candleholders for St John Chrysostom Church in Peckham, London
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Raw concrete defines this Tenerife church by Fernando Menis
This new Tenerife church by local architect Fernando Menis is made of raw concrete and rough volumes, drawing on the local community's needs and the island's volcanic landscape
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A floating church has moored in East London
Architecture studio Denizen Works has completed Genesis Floating Church – an innovative religious and community space for the Diocese of London
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Carlisle Cathedral gains transformative modern pavilion by Feilden Fowles
A new design by London-based architects Feilden Fowles transforms Carlisle Cathedral’s Grade I-listed medieval Fratry – a structure originally built as a dining hall for monks – into an entrance pavilion
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Discover the sacred places of Palm Springs during Modernism Week
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Spiritual connections: Wilmotte & Associés creates a Russian religious centre in Paris
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Cambridge Central Mosque: an inclusive alternative Stirling Prize winner
Marks Barfield Architects’ Cambridge Central Mosque, argues architectural writer Shukri Sultan, is a progressive turning point in the design of British mosques – and, while it didn't triumph in this year’s Stirling Prize, its inclusive stance makes it a worthy alternative winner
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