News: Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut chapel at Ronchamp has been vandalised, prompting calls for urgent security measures to prevent further damage to one of the Modernist architect's finest works. More about "Emergency security measures" called for after vandals sack Le Corbusier's Ronchamp
Italian office Studio Galantini has upgraded the wooden structure of a 1970s chapel in north-west Italy so that it can be used for summer services, music recitals and theatrical performances. More about Studio Galantini rebuilds wooden frame of small Italian chapel
This elliptical chapel near Oxford by London studio Niall McLaughlin Architects contains a group of arching timber columns behind its textured stone facade (+ slideshow). More about Bishop Edward King Chapel by Niall McLaughlin Architects
A rescued stone colonnade stands amongst planes of concrete at this religious shrine in the Spanish countryside by Pamplona studio Otxotorena Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Shrine of the Virgin of La Antigua by Otxotorena Arquitectos
Columns branch outwards like a grove of trees around the aisle of this wedding chapel in Gunma, Japan, by Tokyo architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). More about Forest Chapel by Hironaka Ogawa
Mexican firm Fernando Romero EnterprisE (FR-EE) has won a competition to design a chapel in Miami with plans modelled on the pleated fabric gown of religious figure the Lady of Guadalupe. More about Miami Chapel by FR-EE
A wave-like wooden ceiling undulates above the heads of students at this chapel by architects Gensler in the basement of a Los Angeles university. More about Prayer Chapel by Gensler
A sharply pointed gable rises above the walls of this stone funeral chapel in a small German town by Bayer & Strobel Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Funeral Chapel in Ingelheim Frei-Weinheim by Bayer & Strobel Architekten
This cross-shaped chapel in Brazil was designed by architect Gustavo Penna (+ slideshow). More about All Saints Chapel by Gustavo Penna
Austrian architects Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher have renovated a fourteenth century stone chapel with skeletons in its basement (+ slideshow). More about Annakapelle Schladming by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten
Overlapping walls of curving concrete encase this funeral chapel in Graz by Austrian architects Hofrichter-Ritter. More about Chapel of Rest in Graz by Hofrichter-Ritter Architekten
Couples visiting the British seaside town of Blackpool can tie the knot inside a shimmering golden wedding chapel by London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). More about Tower of Love by dRMM
Portuguese architects Cerejeira Fontes inserted this slatted timber chapel inside a school for friars in Braga, Portugal (photos: Nelson Garrido). More about Tree of Life Chapel by Cerejeira Fontes
The students and tutors of a design and build workshop in Istanbul have constructed a seaside temple from oriented strand board. More about Chapel by Breathnach Donnellan O'Brien and MEDS students
Avanto Architects of Helsinki have designed this whitewashed funeral chapel with a copper roof in Vantaa, Finland. More about Chapel of St. Lawrence by Avanto Architects
This boulder-shaped building in Acapulco, Mexico, is a mausoleum by Mexcian studio Bunker Arquitectura. More about Sunset Chapel by Bunker Arquitectura
Grégory Lacoua and Jean Sébastien Lagrange of French design studio John Doe designed furniture for this Parisian chapel, which has been renovated by French architects 3box. More about Chapel of the Assumption Interior by John Doe
New York studio hanrahanMeyers have completed the interior of a chapel in New York with curved walls. More about Infinity Chapel by hanrahanMeyers
New York office Butler Rogers Baskett Architects have been awarded an AIA New York 2010 Design Award for their renovation of a chapel at a New York school. More about Johnson Chapel by Butler Rogers Baskett
Portuguese photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of a chapel in Bragança, Portugal, designed by architect Luis Ferreira Rodrigues of Porto. More about Sta Columbina Chapel by Luis Ferreira Rodrigues