Skip to Main Content

The Sacred Spaces We'll Visit in 100 Years

PEACE

Most of religious tourism involves visiting churches built centuries ago. A new crop of daring religious places will change that.

William O’Connor

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

Published Aug. 9 2015 12:34PM EDT

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-07_r3szik — courtesy of Esteban Suárez

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-01_lmnciq — Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, St. Peter's Basilica, Notre Dame, Jama Masjid, and Hagia Sofia—the world is full of ancient religious sites swarmed by tourists. In a new book, Sacred Spaces, published by Phaidon, James Pallister has curated the next generation of spectacular religious destinations around the world. Click through to get a taste!

Cardboard Cathedral, Shigeru Ban, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2013
Stephen Goodenough Photographer

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-02_vs1por — Church of Seed, O Studio Architects, Mount Luofu, China, 2011
courtesy of Iwan Baan

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-03_oeluyy — Meiso No Mori Municipal Funeral Hall, Toyo Ito & Associates, Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan, 2006
courtesy of Toyo Ito

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-04_wlxk0a — Chandgaon Mosque, Kashef Chowdhury, URBANA, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2007
courtesy of Kashef Mahboob Chowdury

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-05_tjo5et — White Chapel, Jun Aoki & Associates, Osaka, Japan, 2006
courtesy of Daici Ano

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-06_kbwmqx — Brother Klaus Field Chapel, Peter Zumthor, Mechernich, Germany, 2007
courtesy of Hélène Binet

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-07_tgpbjh — Sunset Chapel, BNKR Arquitectura, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, 2011
courtesy of Esteban Suárez

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-08_gzbrez — Capilla del Retiro, Undurruga Devés Arquitectos, Auco, Los Andes, Chile, 2009
courtesy of Sergio Pirrone

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-09_f2n7cl — Kuokkala Church, Office for Peripheral Architecture, Kuokkala, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2010
courtesy of Jussi Tiainen

galleries/2015/08/09/the-sacred-spaces-you-will-visit-in-100-years/150730-sacred-spaces-cover_n421dt — Sacred Spaces by James Pallister. Published by Phaidon.

William O’Connor

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.