Swiss Church London // Christ & Gantenbein
Architects: Christ & Gantenbein. Location: London, UK. Year: 2010. Photographs: Hélène Binet. The Victorian architect George John Vulliamy built the original Swiss Chapel for the expatriate Swiss community in London in 1855. An intervention aimed at doubling this Grade II-listed building’s functional surface required dismantling the existing organ gallery and finding a form that fulfilled the functional requirements. Three […]
Classics: Bagsværd Church // Jørn Utzon
Architect: Jørn Utzon. Location: Copenhagen, Denmark. Year: 1976. Photographs: seier + seier. Bagsvaerd Church is a Lutheran church in Bagsvaerd on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Jørn Utzon in 1968 and completed in 1976. It is considered a masterpiece of contemporary church architecture due to its bright, naturally illuminated interior and its ceiling straddled with softly […]
San Giovanni Church // Studio Zermani e Associati
Architects: Studio Zermani e Associati. Location: Perugia, Italy. Year: 2007. Photographs: Mauro Davoli.
St Moritz Church // John Pawson Architects
Architects: John Pawson Architects. Location: Augsburg, Germany. Year: 2013. Photographs: Gilbert McCarragher. Since its founding almost a thousand years ago, the church of St. Moritz has undergone several changes, including disastrous fires, modifications to the liturgy, changes in aesthetic taste, and bombing during WWII. The goal of this most recent intervention was to improve the existing architecture from an […]
Classics: Grundtvigs Kirke // Peder Jensen-Klint
Architects: Peder Jensen-Klint. Location: Copenhagen, Denmark. Year: 1921-1940.