Edmund Sumner films black-granite Hindu temple in India
Architectural photographer Edmund Sumner's latest film uses drones to capture Sameep Padora & Associates' recently completed Hindu temple complex in Andhra Pradesh, India. More
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Abin Design Studio creates latticed concrete and glass temple in India
Narayantala Thakurdalan by Indian practice Abin Design Studio is a concrete Hindu temple with a glazed corner that opens onto the street in Bansberia. More
Photographs capture OMA's Jewish temple extension taking shape in LA
These photographs by architect Alessandra Cianchetta capture the construction of the tilted and patterned walls of the extension OMA has designed for a Jewish temple in Los Angeles, California. More
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Neasden Temple is built from over 5,000 tonnes of hand-carved stone
The next Open House London documentary offers a glimpse of Neasden Temple, a place of worship in northwest London that was built using ancient Hindu texts and 26,000 pieces of stone. More
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Sameep Padora & Associates creates stepped temple in Andhra Pradesh
Sameep Padora & Associates has designed a Hindu temple complex partially surrounded by a moat for the village of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, India. More
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Arthur Mamou-Mani shares unseen drone footage of Burning Man project Galaxia at VDF
As part of today's VDF collaboration with Arthur Mamou-Mani, the French architect speaks about his Galaxia temple at the 2018 Burning Man festival and shares previously unseen aerial footage of it. More
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Shinto temple gates are "symbolic entrances into a new world" says Martin van der Linden
Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden explains the different types of torii gates found at Japanese Shinto temples, in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
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CO-LAB Design Office creates bamboo yoga pavilion in Tulum
Luum Temple is a bamboo pavilion for practising yoga nestled in the jungles of Tulum, designed by local studio CO-Lab Design Office. More
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Toru Kashihara Architects designs stepped concrete temple in Tokyo
Shoraku-Ji is a Buddhist temple next to a cemetery in northeast Tokyo by Toru Kashihara Architects with a stepped concrete design that aims to subvert traditional temple architecture. More
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Buddhanimit Temple extension contains dormitory for novice monks
A team of local architects has added new amenities to a temple school in rural Thailand, using affordable materials and parts of an existing building to keep project costs down. More
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Red concrete meditation space sits under pyramidal roof in rural India
This simple concrete temple in a village near the Indian city of Pune is topped with a pyramidal roof and incorporates a channel that allows ceremonial holy water to flow out into its lush surroundings. More
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Bahá’í temple in Chile by Hariri Pontarini features torqued wings made of steel and glass
Sufi whirling dancers and Japanese bamboo baskets were among the references for this sculptural temple in Chile by Hariri Pontarini Architects. More
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Colonnades frame landscaped courtyards at Buddhist retreat in rural England
This Buddhist retreat by Walters & Cohen Architects features a cluster of pitched-roof structures arranged around tranquil courtyards in the English countryside. More
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Buddhist temple in Tokyo upgraded by Satoru Hirota Architects
Satoru Hirota Architects has overhauled the site of a Buddhist shrine dating back to Japan's Edo period, adding a triangular reception hall and a priest's quarters with bare concrete walls (+ slideshow). More
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Kingston University students erect a Japanese pavilion in the garden of a museum
London Festival of Architecture 2015: a scale replica of a gateway to an ancient temple in Japan has been constructed in the grounds of the Dorich House Museum in south London by architecture students from Kingston University. More
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Wise Architecture erects bamboo temple on South Korean coast for victims of a ferry disaster
Each of the 304 ribs of bamboo that make up this Buddhist temple represent a victim killed when a ferry sank off the coast of South Korea (+ slideshow). More
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Furumori Koichi adds timber latticework to a concrete Japanese temple extension
A wooden latticed ceiling covers a space for storing funerary urns inside this extension to a Japanese temple by Furumori Koichi Architectural Design Studio (+ slideshow). More
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Water Temple Student Workshop by Kieran Donnellan and MEDS students
The students and tutor of an architecture workshop in Ljubljana have built a wedge-shaped wooden pavilion containing a tiny pool of water and logs acting as stepping stones. More
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Enbutsu-do at Eifuku-ji Temple by Zai Shirakawa Architects & Associates
There are 88 ancient Buddhist temples along the 670-mile Shikoku Pilgrimage in Japan - but only one lucky priest has a new house by Tokyo studio Zai Shirakawa Architects & Associates. More
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Temple to Perspective by Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson for Alain de Botton
Following last week's announcement that writer Alain de Botton plans to build a series of temples for atheists, here are some more images of the first structure planned for the City of London. More
