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From the RECORD Archives: ‘A Chapel for Tuskegee by Rudolph’

March 21, 2025

Read the original 1969 review of Paul Rudolph’s landmark chapel at the historic Alabama university, which is the subject of an exhibition at the Yale Architecture Gallery.

Civic Architecture 2024

A Church and Community Center by Elding Oscarson Prizes Simplicity Over Spectacle

Gothenburg, Sweden

Leopoldo Villardi

June 3, 2024

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A new spiritual home for a Pentecostal congregation in Gothenburg, Sweden, balances sacred and secular aesthetics.

Níall McLaughlin Architects Gives Religion a New Face at a 12th-Century Castle

Bishop Auckland, England

Chris Foges

January 1, 2024

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A small building with grand ambitions, the Faith Museum was built to tell the tumultuous story of spiritual life in Britain over 6,000 years.

International Rugby Experience, Limerick

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Níall McLaughlin

RECORD Editors

November 12, 2023

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The London-based architect joins the podcast to discuss the completion of the Faith Museum at Auckland Castle and how a client-focused design process helps to develop his architectural language.

A Campus Revamp Brings Renewed Optimism to Worshippers at London’s Baitul Futuh Mosque

Catherine Slessor

June 26, 2023

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A new multi-use building designed by John McAslan + Partners was inaugurated this March at the largest mosque in the U.K.

Crossing Over: Harris + Kurrle Architekten Crafts a Hybrid Building in Cologne

Germany

Mary Pepchinski

June 22, 2023

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The compact yet monumental volume is part dual-congregation church, part day-care center, and part apartment complex.

Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Complete White Lily–Inspired Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Manila

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

June 22, 2023

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Anchored by a pair of "petal"-clad buildings, the hilltop campus is the Tokyo-based architect's first project in the Philippines.

Sacred Circle: A New Building in Cape Town by Noero Architects Faces Its Predecessor with a Very Different Form

South Africa

Iain Low

June 14, 2023

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The architects transformed an existing suburban setting into a compound for Christ Church Somerset West by providing a landscape for both religious and secular activities.

Guess the Architect: June 2023

RECORD Editors

June 14, 2023

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A 1960s A-frame structure designed by a prominent Los Angeles architect defines the tentlike interior of a cathedral located in an inland American city known for its lively architecture.

Like a Prayer: On David Adjaye’s Abrahamic Family House

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Izzy Kornblatt

June 13, 2023

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A religious complex designed by Adjaye Associates aims to link the three Abrahamic faiths.

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