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The Thames Christian School and Battersea Chapel project in South London underscores Henley Halebrown’s continued interest in exploring buildings that create both small spaces for people to interact and a concentric focal space to which we can gravitate intuitively and, by implication, recede from.
Project name
Thames Christian School & Battersea Chapel
Architecture firm
Henley Halebrown
Location
London, United Kingdom
Photography
Nick Kane, David Grandorge
Right across the Artis Zoo in the stately Plantage neighbourhood in Amsterdam, Bureau Fraai converted the monumental chapel ‘de Nieuwe Sint Jacob’ that was once part of a mental institution into a multicultural psychological practice, named Adagio. The practice distinguishes itself from other practices by offering treatments in other languages than...
Project name
Lush Labyrinth
Architecture firm
Bureau Fraai
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography
Flare Department
Situated atop a hill on a cattle ranch in Santiago de Querétaro, the project comprises a lightweight roof supported by a structure with a concrete base and a metal frame. This framework serves a dual purpose—on one hand, delineating the footprint area, and on the other hand, extending in cantilever towards the west façade. The cantilever is support...
Project name
Espina
Architecture firm
Emiliano Domínguez + Santiago Martínez
Location
Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Photography
César Belio
The commission involved creating a separate funeral chapel from the rest of the chapels in what used to be a parking lot. Therefore, it was decided to take advantage of the building's structure and create three significant moments.
Architecture firm
Clanes Arquitectura
Location
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Photography
Iván Marruenda, Marruenda Studio
Conceptual project for organic chapel in Mexico, it is formed with a series of network of transparent plastic tubes that let the sun's rays pass to the followers.
Project name
Conceptual Plastic Chapel
Architecture firm
Aldo Elihú Avila Ayala
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-ray
The project is located in a very consolidated urban sector, on a busy street south of the city of Paraná. Initially, the place was an undeveloped and depopulated area in which a small temple was erected, with a gabled roof and side tower.
Project name
San Peregrino Oratory
Architecture firm
ASÍ! Arquitectura
Location
Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Photography
Ramiro Sosa