Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office has adapted an early-1900s Detroit church into The Shepherd arts centre, inserting contemporary art galleries into its nave and transept. More about Peterson Rich Office inserts white-cube galleries into converted Detroit church
La Sagrada Familia Foundation has announced that the monumental church in Barcelona is set for completion in 2026, 100 years after the death of its architect Antoni Gaudí. More about Sagrada Familia announces 2026 final completion date
Local studio Medprostor has covered and partially repaired a 900-year-old Romanesque church in Slovenia, placing an operable roof on top of the open structure to create a space "between a ruin and a reconstruction". More about Medprostor tops 12th-century church in Slovenia with folding roof
From an east London canal boat with an onboard chapel to a concrete high-rise in Taiwan, our latest roundup explores eight churches with untraditional architecture. More about Eight alternative churches characterised by unorthodox designs
Italian studio Mixtura has created a convent in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil with multiple buildings arranged around open-air cloisters wrapped in a wooden brise soleil. More about Mixtura wraps multi-building Brazilian convent in wooden brise soleil
Czech studio Atelier-r has refreshed the Red Church in Olomouc, the Czech Republic, adding an angular matte-black extension and public spaces informed by neo-gothic design. More about Atelier-r refreshes neo-gothic church with angular black extension
Hugh Broughton Architects has completed a sensitive restoration of a 19th-century church to provide a community hub in a historic dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey. More about Hugh Broughton Architects transforms Sheerness Dockyard Church into community hub
Local studio ARQBR has used concrete and wood for a round church in Brasilia, Brazil that lifts off the land with 360-degree, ground-level windows. More about ARQBR creates circular church with monumental steeple in Brasilia
Design gallery Galerie Philia's has curated the Desacralized exhibition inside an 11th-century church featuring works by American designer Rick Owens and Ukrainian studio Faina for Milan design week. More about Desacralized features pieces by Rick Owens and Faina in Milanese church
New York studio Ennead Architects has renovated the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine in Manhattan by adding a batten-seam copper dome that "could last another 100 years". More about Ennead Architects places copper dome on New York cathedral in time for Easter
The Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex designed by architect David Adjaye that contains a church, a synagogue and a mosque, has opened in Abu Dhabi. More about Adjaye Associates unveils Abrahamic Family House interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi
British designer Paul Cocksedge has created a sculpture made from high-carbon coal, which was hung and illuminated inside Liverpool Cathedral as a comment on our fossil fuel dependency. More about Paul Cocksedge suspends over 2,000 pieces of coal in Liverpool Cathedral
US studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has adapted a former church in Austin, Texas into an open office that maintains the original gabled form and materials. More about Michael Hsu converts 1930s Austin church into spacious design office
Dezeen School Shows: for this roundup of student projects, we've selected six architectural designs for religious and multi-faith buildings that have been presented on Dezeen School Shows. More about Six student architecture designs for religious buildings
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Santiago Calatrava's illuminated Greek Orthodox church at the World Trade Center site in New York. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda features Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center church
The St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which replaces a church destroyed in the 9/11 attack, has officially opened at the World Trade Center site in New York. More about Santiago Calatrava unveils illuminated World Trade Center church
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features Henning Larsen's design for the first church to be built in Copenhagen for 30 years. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features Henning Larsen's "complex" wooden church in Copenhagen
Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has released its design for Ørestad Church, the first church to be built in Copenhagen for more than 30 years, which will be made from wood and have a bark-like facade. More about Henning Larsen designs wooden Ørestad Church with cluster of trapezoidal roofs
Timber cladding features in this church in Edinburgh, which has been converted into a community centre by Scottish architecture firm Konishi Gaffney. More about Konishi Gaffney repurposes church into versatile community hub
German practice Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten has completed a church and social welfare centre in New Taipei City, Taiwan, housed in a high-rise concrete block topped with an angular roof. More about Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten combines "sacred and ordinary" in concrete church tower