Faint Prays: Tiny Abandoned African-American Church
A tiny abandoned church dating back to the end of the Civil War reflects the reserved reverence exhibited by its long-scattered African-American congregation. Alter State This ...
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Fractal Chapel: Tree-Inspired Columns Branch Out to Open Up Interior Space
A series of stacked tree-like supports seem to abstract the nature in this Japanese chapel, bringing a small geometric forest inside this otherwise minimalist space to serve a contemporary ...
Garden of Whispers: Surreal Sand Dunes Fill 13th-Century Gothic Church
A makeshift wooden walkway winds along a strand-lit and tree-lined path between dunes, creating a surreal environment within the context of this historic church. Set in a religious space ...
Heavenly Vaults: Virtual Reality Ceiling Installation in a Gothic Cathedral
The ceilings of Paris’ Saint Eustache Church are once again alive and flickering with a surreal display of abstract imagery as artist Miguel Chevalier projects ‘Voûtes Célestes’ onto its ...
Holy Skate: Century-Old Church Converted to Colorful Park
A 100-year-old church in Spain is hosting pilgrimages of a new sort now that its interior is lined with skate ramps instead of pews, its soaring cathedral ceilings covered in vibrant murals. This ...
Chicken Church: Fowl-Shaped Abandonment Found Deep in Forest
Reportedly inspired by a divine message, the architect of this poultry-shaped church initially set out to create a place of worship in the form of a giant dove, but the locals quickly dubbed his ...
Tree Church: Organic Arbortecture Grown from Living Branches
'Built' may not be the right word for this compelling hybrid of architectural and arborsculptural design (or: arbortecture), featuring a complete chapel with landscaped fences and carefully ...
Ruins of Crumbling Church Salvaged with Geometric Addition
A faceted glass structure clings to the ruins of a stone church in Santpedor, Spain, filling in a gaping hole that was created with the demolition of an adjacent convent. Built modestly by ...
Magic Carpets: Kaleidoscopic Medieval Castle Transformation
Step through the door of an ancient castle in Southern Italy and find yourself transported to an otherworldly, psychedelic scene as the floor flutters and shifts in mesmerizing patterns of color ...
Stairs to Nowhere: Half-Finished Fire Escape Inside a Church
A mass of reclaimed, weathered wood of all shapes and sizes rises up to the cathedral ceiling of the Church of St. Peter the Puellier in Mairie d'Orleans - but don't expect these stairs to go ...
