Spiritual Projects

From the RECORD Archives: ‘A Major Synagogue by Belluschi’

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:11:42 -0500

Rochester, New York’s soulful Temple B’rith Kodesh appeared in RECORD in November, 1963, during Pietro Belluschi’s tenure as dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.

Snapshot: The Vitra Campus’s Newest Addition is a Winding Subterranean Path by Balkrishna Doshi

kuthg@bnpmedia.com (Grace Kuth) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:11:20 -0500

The Doshi Retreat is the only project by the Pritzker Prize winner to be built outside India.

Dattner Architects Completes an Arboreal Pavilion for the Jewish Center of the Hamptons

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Inspired by its sylvan setting, the open-air timber structure can accommodate up to 250 people for worship, performances, and celebrations.

New York’s Jewish Museum Opens Transformed Galleries for its Permanent Collection

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:25:41 -0500

RECORD talks to New Affiliates cofounders Jaffer Kolb and Ivi Diamantopoulou about their transformation of the museum’s third- and fourth–floor galleries.

From the RECORD Archives: ‘KTI Synagogue, Port Chester, NY’

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:24:13 -0500

The Philip Johnson–designed synagogue in suburban New York City was our December, 1956 cover project.

Mark Cavagnero Associates Expands a Century-Old Synagogue in San Francisco from Within

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:18:52 -0500

The update to Temple Emanu-El adds educational and congregational space while restoring several of the landmark's most distinctive architectural features.

Trahan Architects Designs a Circular Hub for Interfaith Congregation at Loyola University New Orleans

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:04:00 -0500

The mass-timber Chapel of St. Ignatius and Gayle and Tom Benson Jesuit Center serves as an intimate, inclusive space on campus for worship and assembly.

In Qatar, Diller Scofidio + Renfro Realizes a Sanctuary Where Women Can Worship and Learn

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Located in Doha’s Education City, the Al-Mujadilah Center & Mosque for Women is anchored by a prayer hall and hosts classes and conferences.

High Theory Meets High Holy Days in Preston Scott Cohen and BNIM’s Suburban Synagogue Expansion

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:07:00 -0500

The addition to Congregation Beth Shalom in Overland Park, Kansas, features tilting, wrapping forms that reinterpret the act of unrolling and reading the Torah.

A New Welcome Pavilion by Lemay Aids with Procession to Quebec’s Most Visited Religious Heritage Site

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:05:00 -0500

St. Joseph’s Oratory on Montreal's Mount Royal gains a universally accessible entrance facility to receive a swelling number of annual visitors.

‘Manifesta’ Takes on Germany’s Deconsecration Crisis

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

The nomadic art biennial has chosen 12 secularized churches as the main exhibition spaces for its 16th edition, which will take place in the Ruhr region next summer.

December 2025 Editor’s Letter

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:14:04 -0500

The projects presented in this issue are more than just places of faith, they're ones of community.

Spiritual Projects 2025

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:11:35 -0500

With its focus on the spiritual, our December issue showcases places of worship and congregation of all persuasions.

The Ismaili Community Gets a New Home in Houston

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:08:00 -0500

Designed by Farshid Moussavi Architecture and DLR Group, the first Ismaili Center in the U.S. learns from Islamic architecture to foster cultural exchange.

Yale Divinity School’s New Housing, by Bruner/Cott and Höweler + Yoon, Reflects the Values of Eco-Theology

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Sitting on New Haven’s Science Hill, the 50-bed Living Village residence hall is seeking full certification under the world's most rigorous green-building rating system.

Olson Kundig Designs a Community-Forward New Home for a Seattle Church

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:05:32 -0400

Seattle Unity maintains its longtime presence in the South Lake Union neighborhood with a new multi-story building that embraces neighboring Denny Park.

A Modest Chicago Mikvah by Vladimir Radutny Architects Refreshes an Ancient Typology

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:06:00 -0400

In the basement of a former warehouse, a sophisticated intepretation of the Jewish ritual bath embraces both religious requirements and architectural context.

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

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:34:39 -0400

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.

After Accelerated but Incomplete Reconstruction, Notre-Dame de Paris Reopens to the Public

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:52:01 -0500

Although public Sunday mass was held at the fire-ravaged Gothic cathedral for the first time since April 2019, full restoration work will not be completed until 2028 at the earliest.

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

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:07:00 -0400

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

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0500

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.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Níall McLaughlin

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:00:25 -0500

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

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:18:29 -0400

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

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:42:43 -0400

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

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:38:30 -0400

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

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400

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

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400

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

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400

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

Two Intricate Structures by Hiroshi Nakamura Enhance the Experience of a 17th-Century Shinto Shrine

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

The Shrine Amulet Place of Conferment and a Meditation Pavilion create a spiritual inner approach to the Ueno Toshogu Shrine.

Calatrava’s New St. Nicholas Church Opens at Ground Zero

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0500

After the original church was destroyed on 9/11, a new house of worship by Santiago Calatrava looks out over the World Trade Center’s memorial fountains.