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THE ARCHITECTURE OF PRAYER

JANUARY 2023

The Architecture of Prayer

The Center Art Gallery at Calvin University presents The Architecture of Prayer, an international survey of the contemporary church. The exhibition showcases drawings and travel photography of historic church buildings in dialogue with new projects built between 1999 and the present-contributed by aver 40 global architecture firms-including: 

Ad Jaye Associates Centerbrook 
Coop Himmelb(L)Au 
Dellekamp Arquitectos 
John Pawson 
Mario Botta Architetti

Marlon Black Well Architects
Neri&Hu 
Niall Mclaughlin Architects

Olson Kundig 
Ply+ 
Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Shigeru Ban Architects

CIVIC TRUST AWARD WINNER

MARCH 2022

Civic Trust Award Winner

The Civic Trust Awards scheme was established in 1959 to recognise outstanding architecture, planning and design in the built environment.

The longest-standing built environment awards in Europe, their aim is to encourage the best in architecture and environmental design and to recognise projects that offer a positive cultural, social, economic or environmental benefit to their local communities.

The New Library was announced as the Eastern Winner from 160 entries from across the UK and Internationally. The judging panel commented: “The execution of the new library and its relationship with Magdalene College is delightful and appropriate and will be enjoyed by the college for many years to come.”

Fellow and Chairman of Cloverleaf, Professor Tom Spencer (1973) said: “We are so delighted with this Civic Trust Award which confirms what we already know - a brilliant building that works so well for us in so many ways."