Religious Facilities

Trinity Church Wall Street, which hasn't been renovated since 1946, will be closed through the Spring of 2020 for extensive upgrades and improvements. Image: Courtesy of Trinity Church

May 08, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Manhattan’s historic Trinity Church Wall Street is getting its first facelift in 72 years

Improvements will include a new lighting and sound system, and a movable altar.

The Sealing Room is where couples are married and sealed to one another in the LDS faith. Interior finishes needed to capture purity, eternity, and love. All photos © Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

November 14, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Hallowed ground: A Mormon temple rises from the ashes of a fire-ravaged historic tabernacle

Parts of the tabernacle’s exterior shell were the only things that survived the blaze.

March 09, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC launches new geothermal plant

The plant is the first in a series of upgrades planned for 2017 to adapt one of New York’s earlie...

Rendering courtesy of Foster + Partners.

February 07, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Traditional Arab architecture and the surrounding mountainous terrain inspire a luxury hotel in Mecca

The Foster + Partners-designed building will address the shortage of accommodation in Mecca.

Rendering courtesy of InGenious Studio

December 07, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor

The world’s tallest religious building is under construction

The Hindu temple will stand 700 feet-tall when completed, easily surpassing the current tallest c...

September 29, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Gloucester Cathedral to install commercial sized solar PV system on its roof

Mypower will install 150 solar panels on the roof, making it the oldest cathedral in the UK, and...

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September 26, 2016 | BD+C Staff

RELIGIOUS FACILITY GIANTS: A ranking of the nation’s top religious sector design and construction firms

Gensler, Leo A Daly, Brasfield & Gorrie, Layton Construction, and AECOM top Building Design+C...

Ark Encounter. Photo and video courtesy Ark Encounter.

July 12, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor

Life-size Noah’s Ark uses 3.1 million board feet of timber

Ark Encounter, the largest timber-framed structure in the world, opened in Kentucky.

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Office building and multifamily tower revitalize Philadelphia cathedral

The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, with the 3737 Chestnut building in the background. Courtesy BLT Architects. Click here to enlarge.

June 01, 2016 | David Barista, Editorial Director

Multifamily tower and office building revitalize Philadelphia cathedral

The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral capitalizes on hot property to help fund much needed upgrade...

Sponsored | May 17, 2016 | Star

A thoroughly modern, very traditional church

A 50-foot x 90-foot metal building system from Star Buildings allowed the church to build its bas...

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture incorporates Biblical parable into church design

Rendering courtesy Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Click here to enlarge.

March 24, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture incorporates Biblical parable into church design

The ellipse-shaped building has plenty of gathering spots and outdoor views.

The recently completed St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, includes a 12-ton metal dome, the first of its kind to be included in new construction of a basilica in that country. Image: HMC Construction

February 22, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

For the first time in Bulgaria, a temple’s construction raises a metal dome

The church is 2½ times larger than the basilica in Ukraine it references.

Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Photo: Joe Mabel via Wikimedia Commons

January 15, 2016 | AIA

Best in Architecture: 18 projects named AIA Institute Honor Award winners

Morphosis' Perot Museum and Studio Gang's WMS Boathouse are among the projects to win AIA's highe...

Invasive probes, including test cuts of existing EIFS cladding, can uncover hidd

January 14, 2016 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects

How to succeed with EIFS: exterior insulation and finish systems

This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...

Six new towers to be added will make the cathedral Europe's tallest religious building.

October 28, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor

After 133 years of construction, Sagrada Familia enters final phase of construction

Six new towers to be added will make the cathedral Europe's tallest religious building.

Builder balances construction and religious schedule in temple completion

The 16,000-sf temple, in the wooded suburbs north of Columbus, OH, utilized a Star Building System. Although it does not look it, it is a single-slope roof structure.

Sponsored | September 25, 2015 | Star Building Systems

Where Construction Meets Religion

The beliefs of the congregation required specific compass-orientations for certain rooms

A fully restored St. Patrick’s Cathedral awaits the Pope’s arrival

Images courtesy Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects

August 25, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

A fully restored St. Patrick’s Cathedral awaits the pope’s arrival

The three-year reconstruction project included more than 30,000 preservations and repairs.

Condo developers covet churches for conversions

A Boston developer is proposing to build an eight-story residential building along the existing wall of a former 19th-Century church, which has been vacant for five years. Rendering courtesy Finegold Alexander Architects

April 22, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Condo developers covet churches for conversions

Former churches, many of which are sitting on prime urban real estate, are being converted into l...

Is nothing sacred? Seattle church to become a restaurant and ballroom

People would be able to enter the restaurant from Fifth + Columbia, a $400 million, 43-story tower that Daniels started building in June 2014 and is scheduled to complete in 2017. Rendering: ZGF Architects

March 23, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Is nothing sacred? Seattle church to become a restaurant and ballroom

A Seattle-based real estate developer plans to convert a historic downtown building, which for mo...

Retrofit projects give dying malls new purpose

The Vanderbilt Medical Center at One Hundred Oaks Mall transformed a former 1960s-era indoor shopping mall in Nashville, Tenn., into a mixed-use medical office center for Vanderbilt University. Photo courtesy Vanderbilt University

March 10, 2015 | BD+C Staff

Retrofit projects give dying malls new purpose

Approximately one-third of the country’s 1,200 enclosed malls are dead or dying. The good news is...

The Illinois Institute of Technology's Main Building is among the city buildings at the highest risk of being lost to demolition or decay, according to the group Preservation Chicago. All photos provided by Ward Miller of Preservation Chicago

March 05, 2015 | BD+C Staff

Chicago's 7 most endangered properties

Preservation Chicago released its annual list of historic buildings that are at risk of being dem...