Ripon Chapel, Cuddesdon, United Kingdom. Architect: Niall McLaughlin Architects, 2013. Chapel in juxtaposition to Street's

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The architects were guided by two important ideas: the first one was to excavate a gentle hollow in the ground as a meeting place for the community. The second to create a delicate ship-like timber structure that rises into the treetops to gather the light from the leaves. The first idea speaks of ground, of meeting in the still centre. The second idea suggests an uplifting buoyancy, rising towards the light. The way in which these two opposite forces work off each other is what gives the building its particular character.

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