Faceted white walls frame the entrances to this monochrome auditorium in rural New South Wales by Australian architects Silvester Fuller (+ slideshow). More about Dapto Anglican Church Auditorium by Silvester Fuller
News: the completion of Art Nouveau architect Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona is simulated in this movie released to show the final stages of construction anticipated before 2026, 100 years after the death of the architect (+ movie). More about Animation shows completion of Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família
News: the Cardboard Cathedral designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban opens to the public today in Christchurch, New Zealand. More about Shigeru Ban completes Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch
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British architect John Pawson's minimalist remodelling of a church in Augsburg, Germany, includes slices of onyx over the windows to diffuse light more softly through the space. More about St Moritz Church by John Pawson
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
News: architects and critics have called for the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand to be restored to its original gothic appearance after rejecting two contemporary proposals as "bizarre" and "architecturally illiterate". More about Critics reject "clumsy" proposals for earthquake-hit Christchurch cathedral
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
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has paid homage to the northern lights by constructing a titanium-clad cathedral that spirals up towards the sky (+ slideshow). More about Cathedral of the Northern Lights by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Link Arkitektur
German architects Kister Scheithauer Gross used Jewish symbol the Star of David to create patterned windows in the limestone walls of this synagogue in Ulm, Germany. More about Ulm Synagogue by Kister Scheithauer Gross
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
Dozens of square windows puncture the corrugated steel shell of this barn-like Buddhist meditation centre in a rural part of the Netherlands by Dutch architects Bureau SLA (+ slideshow). More about Buddhist Meditation Centre Metta Vihara by Bureau SLA
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
This cross-shaped chapel in Brazil was designed by architect Gustavo Penna (+ slideshow). More about All Saints Chapel by Gustavo Penna
This brick and copper church near Oslo by Norwegian studio Hansen/Bjørndal Architects has one end buried in a hillside and the other sticking in the air (+ slideshow). More about Bøler Church by Hansen/Bjørndal Architects
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 about Enbutsu-do at Eifuku-ji Temple by Zai Shirakawa Architects & Associates
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
Slideshow: the concrete walls of this church in Tenerife are roughly lined with crushed volcanic rocks. More about Church in La Laguna by Menis Arquitectos
Slideshow: our second project this week by Stuttgart architects Werner Sobek Design is a huge cantilevered altar that was temporarily constructed in Freiberg, Germany, for the pope’s visit last year (photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Papstbühne Freiburg by Werner Sobek
Slideshow: stripy monochrome triangles are folded into facets around the walls and ceiling of this church hall in Linz, Austria, to create a cavernous interior. More about Oasis Centre of Pastoral Care by X Architekten