Photo slideshow: Which architectural gem would you vote for?

Winners of the annual Faith & Form awards for religious architecture and art demonstrate some of the latest trends, along with exceptional use of light, art and materials.

Religious Architecture – Restoration – Merit Muñoz & Company/Steven Land Tillotson, AIA La Lomita Chapel – Mission, Texas Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Sally Morrow

January 8, 2014 at 11:45 a.m. ET

(RNS) The 19 winners of the annual Faith & Form/IFRAA awards for religious architecture and art have been unveiled in Faith & Form’s latest issue and on its website. The winners, which hail from all over the world, were chosen by an independent panel of five judges who looked for some of the latest trends in design, along with exceptional use of light, art, and materials. The winners reflect a variety of different faiths, and suggest that design excellence is a goal in the best of religious projects.

Introduction by Michael J. Crosbie, Editor-in-Chief of Faith & Form

Photos courtesy of Faith & Form

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Religious Architecture – New Facilities – Honor Tabuenca & Leache, Arquitectos Saint George Church and Parish Center – Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Renovation – Honor Acheson Doyle Partners Architects, PC Church of St. Brigid – St. Emeric – New York New York Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Restoration – Honor Marlon Blackwell Architect Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church – Springdale, Arkansas Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – restoration – honor Adam Bresnick Architects Restoration and Adaption of a 16th-Century Chapel – Guadalajara, Spain Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – New Facilities – Merit Brian Healy Architects Children’s Chapel and Education Center – Korean Church of Boston – Brookline, MA Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – New Facilities – Merit Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Colombiere Jesuit Community Residence and Chapel – Baltimore, Maryland Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – New Facilities – Merit Kikuma Watanabe Shrine in an Air Pocket in the City – Ryuto-Ohashi, Chuo, Niigata, Niigata, Japan Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – New Facilities – Merit Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co., Ltd. Sayama Lakeside Cemetery Community Hall – Saitama, Japan Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Renovation – Merit aterlierjones, llc St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Renovation – Seattle, Washington Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Restoration – Merit Ford, Powell & Carson, Architects & Planners, Inc. Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña – San Antonio, Texas Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Restoration – Merit Kodet Architectural Group, Ltd. Westwood Lutheran Church Sanctuary Restoration – St. Louis Park, Minnesota Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Liturgical/Interior Design – Merit Integrated Studio Chapel of St. Monica – Des Moines, Iowa Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Liturgical/Interior Design – Merit Duncan G. Stroik Architect, LLC The Cathedral of Saint Paul Organ Case – Saint Paul, Minnesota Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Arts – Visual Arts – Merit Erling Hope “Meronymy / Sukkah 2012” – Temple Adas Israel – Sag Harbor, New York Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Art – Liturgical Furnishings – Merit Salvatore V. LaRosa Pyx Tabernacle – Brooklyn, New York Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Sacred Landscape – Merit One World Architecture Terrace and Gardens Restoration – Baha’I House of Worship – Wilmette, Illinois Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

Religious Architecture – Unbuilt Work – Merit MZ Architects Meditation House – Jebaa, Lebanon Photo courtesy of Faith & Form

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