SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR (UP TO £5M)

摘要

Religious architecture is one of the few construction sectors still overwhelmingly associated with historic buildings but if there is any single project that can help change such perceptions it is this one. This extraordinary chapel harnesses many of the core principles of historic church design -decoration, light, entrance, height - but imaginatively transfigures them into a contemporary form. Take its envelope -formed from an elliptical drum, smooth at its base before its skin erupts into a pimpled crust of dogtooth, Clipsham stone bond surmounted by thin clerestory windows - an incredible work of craftsmanship and neat ornamentation.