2024-05-04T07:52:01-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150252051/house-of-one-berlin-s-new-worship-space-for-christians-muslims-and-jews-to-start-construction-this-spring Alexander Walter 2021-02-26T14:46:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0ac556fb79f902a609e933243393d63.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>On the site of a church torn down by East Germany&rsquo;s communist rulers, a new place of worship is set to rise that will bring Christians, Jews and Muslims under one roof &ndash; and it has already been dubbed a &ldquo;churmosquagogue&rdquo;.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Designed by Berlin-based architects <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/102166555/kuehn-malvezzi-architects" target="_blank">Kuehn Malvezzi</a>, the $57 million House of One project for the historic Petriplatz in Germany's capital has been in a lengthy planning process for the past ten years. <br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/559e6d4b370a24181b0384586acdeea7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/559e6d4b370a24181b0384586acdeea7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/149983433/designing-the-house-of-one-a-worship-space-for-three-religions-by-kuehn-malvezzi" target="_blank">Designing the House of One, a Worship Space for Three Religions by Kuehn Malvezzi</a></figcaption></figure><p>According to <em>The Guardian</em>, the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the building that will incorporate dedicated spaces for each of the three main Abrahamic faiths is scheduled for May 27.</p> <p>"People of other faiths and denominations, and those of no faith, will be invited to events and discussions in the large hall," reports the paper.</p> <p>Learn more about the project and the inception story behind it in Archinect's 2016 interview with the architects, <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/149983433/designing-the-house-of-one-a-worship-space-for-three-religions-by-kuehn-malvezzi" target="_blank">Designing the House of One, a Worship Space for Three Religions by Kuehn Malvezzi</a>.<br></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/102504843/a-church-mosque-synagogue-in-berlin Nam Henderson 2014-06-22T23:37:00-04:00 >2021-02-26T14:52:44-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6e/6e477384db735d8de9c87a1828474537.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"What's interesting is that when you go back a long time, they share a lot of architectural typologies. They are not so different...This is about going back to the origins when these three faiths were close and shared a lot architecturally". Kuehn says.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Stephen Evans&nbsp;digs into the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1705747/house-of-one" target="_blank">House of One</a>, a planned synagogue, church and mosque under one roof.</p>