Floating Genesis church crowned by luminous pop-up roof
Denizen Works has built a church on a canal boat in east London, which has a pop-up roof that functions like a church organ's bellows. More
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Robert Hutchison Architecture creates Chapel for Luis Barragán on roof of Mexican architect's home
Seattle-based Robert Hutchison Architecture has built a "ghost-like" pavilion on the roof of Luis Barragán's house in Mexico City as part of his Memory Houses exhibition at the architect's former residence. More
Herzog & de Meuron designs motorway chapel in Switzerland
Angled white walls will mark the entrance to underground contemplation spaces at Herzog & de Meuron's roadside Autobahnkirche chapel in Switzerland.
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Wedding chapel by Wilson Architects will slowly become overgrown with vines
Creeping plants will eventually overtake the hollow timber walls of this chapel by in Queensland by Wilson Architects, so it looks like a ruin amid a landscape of lavender fields. More
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Sparano + Mooney creates sculptural Catholic chapel for Utah mining town
Sparano + Mooney Architecture has created a distinctive chapel in the American West that features copper siding, wooden walls and a large skylight that ushers in natural light. More
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S-AR builds tiny concrete chapel La Providencia in Mexico
A steeply pitched roof tops this small concrete and wood chapel that Mexican architecture firm S-AR has built in Monterrey. More
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John Pawson builds Wooden Chapel for cyclists from huge logs
John Pawson has stacked up 61 tree trunks to create a space of rest and contemplation on a cycle route in southwest Germany. More
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Pointed window fronts Lincoln Chapel by Studio 512 in Texas Hill Country
Architecture firm Studio 512 has designed a concrete chapel in Texas that rises up on one side to form a pointy volume evoking a steeple. More
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Las Vegas chapel Til Death Do Us Part by Joshua Vides features line-drawn details
Graphic designer and visual artist Joshua Vides has created a chapel in a Las Vegas hotel, for couples to tie the knot in an "Instagram-worthy" setting. More
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Mark Cavagnero creates concrete Chapel for Saint Mary's in California
A sculptural volume that recalls a church steeple rises high above a concrete chapel in the San Francisco Bay Area, designed by American studio Mark Cavagnero Associates. More
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MÁS founders weld their own minimal wedding chapel from steel
The founders of studio MÁS have built a minimal chapel from pieces of curving steel, for their own wedding in rural Hungary. More
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Kieran Donnellan works with students to build tiny clifftop chapel in Lebanon
Irish architect Kieran Donnellan and a team of students have built a non-denominational chapel on a clifftop near the 12th-century Byblos Castle in Lebanon. More
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Wooden "forest" forms an inner sanctuary inside Imaculada Chapel in Braga
This raised wooden structure, designed by Cerejeira Fontes Architects, creates a secluded inner chapel inside an old church in Braga, Portugal. More
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Michael Jantzen's imaginary Chapel For New Mexico is open to all religions
US artist and designer Michael Jantzen has envisioned a non-denominational chapel in New Mexico, featuring a series of gabled frames that stretch up to the sky to represent its "openness to all". More
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MAPA assembles "simple and austere" Sacromonte Chapel in Uruguay over one day
Architecture studio MAPA has designed this simple prefabricated wooden chapel for a vineyard in Maldonado, Uruguay, puncturing a black box through one of its slanted walls to provide a shrine for the patron saint of winemakers. More
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Álvaro Siza builds Capela do Monte chapel for off-grid retreat in the Algarve
Architect Álvaro Siza Viera has completed a simple countryside chapel in the south of Portugal, designed to function without electricity, heat or running water. More
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Vatican City presents woodland chapels built by architects including Foster, Souto de Moura and Flores & Prats
The Vatican City seeks to question the meaning of the chapel in the 21st century with its debut at the Venice Architecture Biennale, a series of woodland structures by famous architects from around the world. More
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10 wedding chapels that are extraordinary
As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle prepare to marry in St George's Chapel, Windsor, this weekend, Dezeen looks back at 10 weird and wonderful wedding chapels. More
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Sloping concrete volumes form open-air chapel in Slovenian village
Rows of seats supported on simple stalks project from slanted concrete volumes to create a grandstand at this open-air chapel designed by Enota, in the Slovenian village of Skorba. More
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Vatican City's first Venice Biennale pavilion to feature chapels by Foster, Souto de Moura and more
The Vatican City will make its debut at the Venice Architecture Biennale this year, by building a series of chapels by architects including Norman Foster, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Teronobu Fujimori. More
