For centuries, ecclesiastical architecture (mostly in the form of churches and abbeys) was the pinnacle of civic construction. Even in the 20th century, the definition of “religious architecture” was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Giotto’s “Navicella” mosaic showed Christ walking on the water and St Peter leaving his boat to join him. It ...

Denizen Works recently completed an unorthodox but very well executed floating church in London, England. The project brings to mind an old pop-top VW bus and is defined by a novel roof that can be ...

Drinking, cussing, and raising Cain: where have all the mariners gone? The pretty boys who come aboard during Fleet Week are so polite. But Manhattan’s no longer a port city, and the containerization ...

SEATTLE -- A local pastor says he's found the perfect place to grow his Seattle-area church. Not a building or a piece of property - instead, he wants to buy a paddle-wheeler and turn it into a ...

A picturesque church once featured in Architectural Digest has been taking its name rather broadly, traveling by water across Florida as it heads toward its new home. Chapel on the Bay has garnered ...

A floating church has moored in East London. The work of locally-based architecture studio Denizen Works, this innovative project brings together architecture and boat building, religious, community ...

A floating church proposed for the canals of London is banking on easy mobility and eye-catching design to win over new converts. Local studio Denizen Works recently won The Diocese of London’s ...

A sailor’s life in the early 1800s wasn’t easy. If you weren’t getting blown to smithereens or developing scurvy, you were probably drinking grog to dull the boredom of life at sea. Coming into New ...

London architecture studio Denizen Works has revealed plans to build a canalboat that doubles as a church, featuring a roof that expands and contracts like the bellows of an organ. The Floating Church ...

Floating church: Old architectures, ruins are pretty interesting as they have age old narratives hidden in their construction. There is a story in every brick. The abandoned towns or forgotten ...