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 about Red concrete meditation space sits under pyramidal roof in rural India
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 about Álvaro Siza builds Capela do Monte chapel for off-grid retreat in the Algarve
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 about Vatican City presents woodland chapels built by architects including Foster, Souto de Moura and Flores & Prats
Ties between fashion and the Catholic church are examined in an exhibition split across two venues of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. More about The Met's Heavenly Bodies exhibition praises fashion influenced by Catholicism
British designer Sebastian Bergne has created a travel-friendly set of objects to be used in Shabbat rituals, including a digitally printed bread cloth and portable glass candle holders. More about Sebastian Bergne designs travel-sized kit for Jewish Shabbat rituals
Architecture firm OMA has revealed the design of its first cultural building in California: a pavilion featuring tilted walls and patterned openings that will accompany a Jewish temple in Los Angeles. More about OMA to extend historic Jewish temple in LA with skewed pavilion
British architect David Adjaye has revealed designs for a new cathedral in Ghanaian capital Accra, which will host a 5,000-seat auditorium beneath a dramatic concave roof. More about David Adjaye unveils plans for National Cathedral of Ghana in Accra
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has completed a church in the Brittany region of France, featuring a sculptural composition of intersecting concrete forms. More about Álvaro Siza combines geometric forms for white-concrete church in Brittany
This tent-like chapel, for a Scout campground in Portugal's rural Idanha-a-Nova region, features a folded zinc-clad roof that opens up towards the surrounding landscape. More about Open-air chapel designed by Plano Humano Arquitectos to resemble Scout's tent
To celebrate World Religion Day, we've updated our worship-themed Pinterest board with a diverse range of architecture projects, including a Kenyan cathedral with a slatted roof by John McAlsan + Partners and Tadao Ando's complex around a gigantic buddha statue in Sapporo. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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London architecture studio Denizen Works has revealed plans to build a canalboat that doubles as a church, featuring a roof that expands and contracts like the bellows of an organ. More about Denizen Works designs floating chapel shaped like a giant organ
Waugh Thistleton has added a pair of new prayer halls to a Jewish cemetery in the English county of Hertfordshire, which feature rammed-earth walls constructed using soil taken from the site. More about Waugh Thistleton completes cemetery buildings with rammed-earth walls
Windows appear to have been carved out of the curving walls of this cylindrical church in the Czech Republic, designed by Brno-based studio Atelier Štěpán. More about Atelier Štěpán completes cylindrical white church in the Czech Republic
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has concealed a huge stone statue of the buddha within a hill covered in lavender plants at the Makomanai Takino Cemetery in Sapporo. More about Tadao Ando surrounds huge buddha statue with lavender-covered mound at Sapporo cemetery
The gothic-revival chapel at the University of Winchester, England, has been "returned to its former glory", following a renovation and extension by local architecture studio Design Engine. More about Glowing gold extension added to Winchester university chapel by Design Engine
We're continuing our look back at Frank Lloyd Wright's most important projects, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the American architect's birth last week. Next is Unity Temple, the Prairie-style concrete church that he considered to be his first contribution to modern architecture. More about Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple was the "first expression" of modern architecture
Designed by Basel-based studio Christ & Gantenbein for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Wittenberg, Germany, this simple pavilion features a corrugated metal roof and retractable canvas walls. More about Christ & Gantenbein uses green curtains to merge a pavilion with its parkland setting
Beijing-based Arch Studio has completed a Buddhist shrine near the city of Tangshan, featuring subterranean concrete spaces that open up to views of a nearby river and planted courtyards. More about Arch Studio carves concrete Buddhist shrine into a grassy mound in Hebei
Architecture studio Gimeno + Guitart has completed a church and parish centre in Tarragona, Spain, featuring concrete walls patterned with angular etchings. More about Gimeno + Guitart creates chevron-patterned concrete for church of Santa Maria Assumpta
Sufi whirling dancers and Japanese bamboo baskets were among the references for this sculptural temple in Chile by Hariri Pontarini Architects. More about Bahá’í temple in Chile by Hariri Pontarini features torqued wings made of steel and glass