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white pavilion building and the historic building of the pavilion at Monastery of Leça do Balio
A Temple to the Arts

North of Porto, Portugal, Álvaro Siza debuts a new pavilion at the Monastery of Leça do Balio

Virtual Veneration

Design firm G&A and Iconem develop a digital platform for experiencing Calatrava’s St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Jones Studio restored Monroe Street Abbey in Phoenix
Like a Phoenix

Jones Studio leads transformation of a burned church into a new event space in downtown Phoenix

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Motor City Art Ensembles

The Shepherd, designed by Peterson Rich Office; a landscape by OSD; and OMA’s LANTERN open in Detroit

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Readily At Hand

From a repurposed church in Buffalo, artist-architect-educator Dennis Maher leads the Society for the Advancement of Construction Related Arts

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“Take my love, take it down”

Wayfarers Chapel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, will be disassembled as land movement in the area continues

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Faith and Forgiveness

Michael Arad shares how the 9/11 Memorial influenced his design for the Emanuel Nine Memorial, which debuts next year in South Carolina

Not Bluffing

In California, Wayfarers Chapel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, temporarily closes amid landslide concerns

Hallowed Ground

First Christian Church’s clock tower, completed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen in 1942, has been restored in Columbus, Indiana

Blessed

African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announces 31 historic Black churches to receive funding

Damage Report

Reports by United Nations and Heritage for Peace reveal many destroyed or damaged cultural heritage sites in Gaza

The Big Easy

Cushing Terrell is helping to restore Holy Aid and Comfort Spiritual Church in New Orleans with support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Toppled Stones

Saint Porphyrius Church, built in 1150, is destroyed by an Israeli strike during ongoing conflict

Dust to Dust

A new book of photographs by architect Herman Ellis Dyal explores his childhood church in Texas

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Places of Worship

Adjaye Associates’ Abrahamic Family House opens in Abu Dhabi

Quixotic Cathedral Quest

Markus Brunetti’s photography documents religious buildings in Europe in meticulous detail

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Copper Topper

Ennead Architects restores the dome at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

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Pixels of Memory

David Hotson Architect uses printed porcelain to create a memorial facade for St. Sarkis Armenian Orthodox Church

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