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.

The new Forum des Arts Charles Aznavour in Montigny-le-Bretonneux combines dance, music, and theater in a compact 36,000-square-foot building.

Using a limited palette of materials and colors, Czech firm A8000 returns the South Bohemian Philharmonic to the 17th-century spiritual building's original simplicity.