Spheron Architects has completed a small wooden chapel for the Belarusian community of north London to commemorate victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. More about Belarusian Memorial Chapel by Spheron Architects is dedicated to Chernobyl victims
Niall McLaughlin Architects has refurbished a prayer room at a priory in Dublin, placing walls and furniture made from solid ash wood inside the existing space. More about Niall McLaughlin Architects adds timber-lined prayer room to historic Dublin church
A colonnade of petal-shaped arches creates an illuminated walkway around the perimeter of this Muslim cultural centre designed by Chinese architect He Jingtang. More about Arched walkway wraps Muslim centre near Beijing by He Jingtang
Iceland's dramatic landscape is dotted with equally spectacular religious architecture. Here's eight of our favourite churches built in the country's unique style, which take cues from Modernism (+ slideshow). More about Eight of the most majestic modernist-influenced churches in Iceland
John McAslan + Partners is developing new designs for the huge Baitul Futuh Mosque complex in south London, which was damaged by a fire last year. More about John McAslan to redesign Britain's largest mosque in south London
Beijing studio Vector Architects has built a concrete chapel on a Chinese beach, but raised it up above the sands so that seawater can wash underneath (+ slideshow). More about Tidal waters wash underneath Seashore Chapel by Vector Architects
This spiritual refuge by Aidlin Darling Design at California's Stanford University features vertical cedar slats and thick walls made of soil excavated from the building site (+ slideshow). More about Aidlin Darling creates a meditation centre at Stanford University with rammed-earth walls
Arched openings in the sandstone facade of this Dubai mosque by Ibda Design lead worshippers into a bright marble courtyard with a textured minaret (+ slideshow). More about Ibda Design uses contrasting sandstone and white marble for mosque in Dubai
A tower with a large window rises above this New Zealand church rebuilt by Dalman Architecture, replacing the corner spire of the original building destroyed in earthquakes (+ slideshow). More about Window with cross-shaped frame forms beacon for rebuilt church by Dalman Architecture
Amanda Levete's London studio AL_A has won an invited competition to create a mosque as part of the Foster + Partners-designed World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development. More about Amanda Levete wins competition to design mosque for Abu Dhabi's World Trade Center
The schematic design for a glass-clad Islamic cultural centre in New York by local architecture firm Buro Koray Duman aims to dispel fear-based attitudes towards the Islamic faith. More about Buro Koray Duman aims to dispel fears about Islam through design of New York cultural centre
Several windows splay from one end of this weathering steel church, designed by Vicens + Ramos as the centrepiece for a growing residential community near Madrid (+ slideshow). More about Pre-rusted steel church by Vicens + Ramos features an "explosion" of windows
Protruding bricks create a crown on top of this cylindrical chapel by DANS Architects, which forms the centrepiece of a new church complex in the Slovenian city of Maribor (+ slideshow). More about DANS Architects creates brick "crown" atop Don Bosco Church in Slovenia
American firm Hennebery Eddy Architects used wood, concrete, glass and battered stone to create this chapel on a Jesuit high school campus in Seattle (+ slideshow). More about Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete
London-based Mossessian Architecture has won a competition to design the Makkah Museum, a new building dedicated to the Islamic faith in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (+ movie). More about London architect to build Islamic faith museum in Mecca
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 about Buddhist temple in Tokyo upgraded by Satoru Hirota Architects
Portuguese studio Site Specific Arquitectura has transformed a warehouse at a Lisbon monastery into a minimalist chapel featuring simple furnishings and a lime-green confession booth (+ slideshow). More about Site Specific Arquitectura converts Portuguese warehouse into monastery chapel
Architect Michail Georgiou merged two forms typical in Byzantine church architecture to create the unusual curved shape of this chapel in Cyprus (+ slideshow). More about Greek Orthodox chapel in Cyprus by Michail Georgiou features a two-humped profile
Singapore studio Formwerkz Architects took references from traditional Islamic design to create the intricately patterned and moulded surfaces of this mosque (+ slideshow). More about Singapore mosque by Formwerkz Architects features latticework based on Islamic patterns
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