This small family chapel in rural Austria has a white concrete shell and glass gable walls, allowing views right through the building to the rolling countryside beyond (+ slideshow). More about White concrete chapel by Gerhard Sacher features glazed walls that allow views right through
A cross made from two steel I-beams frames the entrance to this bright white funeral chapel in Hungary, by local firm L.Art Architectural Office (+ slideshow). More about L.Art Architectural Office adds white funeral chapel to Hungarian cemetery
Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects has renovated a wedding chapel in Tokyo's Ebisu district – painting each windowsill in colours of the rainbow to "impart faint hues" as light filters through (+ slideshow). More about Rainbow hues are cast onto the walls of Kubo Tshushima's Tokyo wedding chapel
The expansive landscape of Argentina's Parque de la Cruz is the setting for this small chapel by Estudio Cella, which is elevated above the tree canopy in a forest clearing (+ slideshow). More about Small chapel by Estudio Cella stands alone in the heart of an Argentinian forest
Couples with a love of stained glass can now get married in a kaleidoscopic wedding chapel next to a Shanghai glass museum (+ slideshow). More about Rainbow Chapel by Coordination Asia is a multi-coloured wedding venue in Shanghai
Japanese designer Eriko Kasahara has completed a riverside wedding chapel featuring a multi-hued slate skin and a bright white interior that takes it cues from a bridal veil. More about Slate-clad chapel by Eriko Kasahara boasts a veil-inspired ceiling structure
A school that was destroyed during the 2010 Chile earthquake has been rebuilt by Santiago studio LAND Arquitectos using simple white-painted pine (+ slideshow). More about LAND Arquitectos rebuilds school devastated by Chilean earthquake
Two curving staircases encircle the exterior of this wedding chapel by Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Nakamura, meeting at a rooftop platform that overlooks the Hiroshima coastline (+ slideshow). More about Intertwining staircases spiral around the glazed core of Hiroshi Nakamura's Ribbon Chapel
Harp strings fixed across the facade turn this hotel chapel on a lakeside site in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, into a huge musical instrument when the wind blows (+ slideshow). More about Lakeside hotel by Ryuichi Ashizawa adjoins a wedding chapel with a musical facade
A square wall with a bell in one corner fronts this chapel for a spiritual retreat in Virginia by Dynerman Architects, concealing the building's true gabled form behind (+ slideshow). More about University chapel by Dynerman Architects hides its true form behind a square wall
Following the popularity of two recently published chapels, we've collected together 11 stunning structures designed as places for reflection, prayer and worship (+ slideshow). More about 11 of the most heavenly chapels on Dezeen
This asymmetric concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura teeters on the edge of a mountain in El Salvador (+ slideshow). More about Skewed concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura balances over a mountainside in El Salvador
The breeze flows through the centre of this funeral chapel that Tria Studio has completed at a village cemetery in Slovenia's picturesque Tuhinj Valley (+ slideshow). More about Funeral chapel by Tria Studio brings gentle winds through its hollow centre
News: a chapel originally designed by Antoni Gaudí for the Sagrada Família in Barcelona is set to be constructed in Chile, 90 years after the Catalan architect's death. More about Chilean chapel will become Gaudí's first project outside Spain
An arched framework of curving pine ribs gives this chapel in Finland by Sanaksenaho Architects a shape more akin to a boat than a building (+ slideshow). More about Copper-clad chapel in Finland has a curving wooden frame like a ship's hull
World Architecture Festival 2014: in this exclusive video interview Vietnamese architect Toan Nghiem discusses the use of bright colours in The Chapel, the community centre that was crowned World Building of the Year 2014 earlier this month (+ movie). More about The Chapel by a21studio is like "a big colourful lantern"
News: the city of Almere in the Netherlands has selected a small curvy chapel designed by architect René van Zuuk to be constructed over the surface of the Weerwater lake. More about Zinc-clad chapel by René van Zuuk to be built over Almere's city lake
Vertical lengths of timber mask the interior of this chapel designed by AZL Architects in eastern China, which features a distinctive V-shaped roof (+ slideshow). More about Garden chapel by AZL Architects features semi-transparent walls and a butterfly roof
A motorway sign symbol of a church was translated directly into the structure of this roadside chapel on the outskirts of Wilnsdorf, Germany, by Frankfurt architects Schneider+Schumacher (+ slideshow). More about Schneider+Schumacher's church based on motorway signage looks like Batman
Madrid studio Adam Bresnick Architects has revived the sixteenth-century interior of a chapel in Spain by reinstating a vaulted ceiling and building a timber-clad box that hovers above the floor. More about Historic Spanish chapel renovated and repurposed by Adam Bresnick Architects