Designing lighting for a house of worship involves balancing functionality, aesthetics, and atmosphere. The lighting must support various activities, enhance architectural features, and create the right ambiance for worship services. The lighting atmosphere should...
Facilities Design
New Milestones Reached in the Congregation Bais Kosov Synagogue Construction Project
The project team of IMC Architecture, interior designer Elevated Interiors and contractor Triple J&R accomplished a major development milestone of completing the base building phase of the new Congregation Bais Kosov shul –a synagogue and community center –...
How to Protect Your Glass Against Forced-Entry, Bomb-Blasts, and Natural Disasters
As seen in the Sandy Hook and Nashville school shootings, glass doors and window are easily breached. What’s more, they pose a significant risk to life during bomb blasts and natural disasters when broken shards become airborne. Join our upcoming webinar to learn how...
Remodel or Build New? Accessibility and Your Plan
Worship Facility editor Gene Lass and Nathan Parr, Facility Stewardship Specialist for Smart Church Solutions, discuss how Accessibility and ADA compliance can affect your decision to remodel your church or build a new facility. Takeaways include: The legal and moral...
Remodel or Build New? Accessibility and Your Plan
Worship Facility editor Gene Lass and Nathan Parr, Facility Stewardship Specialist for Smart Church Solutions, discuss how Accessibility and ADA compliance can affect your decision to remodel your church or build a new facility. Takeaways include: The legal and moral...
Funding Safety and Security Programs with Government Grants
There has been a dramatic increase in church & school violence across the country and our government is taking action. Conjointly, they are injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into church & school safety grants next year. Keep your Worship Community safe...
How Different Types of Loudspeakers Can Help in Challenging Church Spaces
Worship Facility editor Gene Lass and Dale Shirk, Senior Applications Engineer, Loudspeaker Solutions Group for Biamp discuss how to overcome acoustical challenges of different church spaces. Takeaways include: Types of audio challenges How Sanctuary architecture can...
Discover the Facilities Management Sessions at CFX!
Each of the three days of this year's Church Facilities Expo, to be held in Dallas October 9-11, will have a full schedule of sessions of interest to Facilities Management teams at churches of any size. The sessions, covering subjects in the areas of Facilities...
Download: House of Worship Loudspeaker Design Guide
Providing intelligible speech and music reproduction is the main purpose of any house of worship audio system. However, houses of worship come in many sizes, styles, and configurations, creating a multitude of audio challenges. This House of Worship Design Guide...
Are Your Facilities a Barrier to Your Ministry? Part II
Last week, we discussed how a church’s building design communicates to its attendees. While growth is the goal for a church, commencing a church expansion project requires careful consideration. If you expand too early, you might not see the return on your investment....
Are Your Facilities a Barrier to Your Ministry?
A church’s building design communicates to its attendees before they even step through the doors. While growth is the goal for a church, commencing a church expansion project requires careful consideration. If you expand too early, you might not see the return on your...
Design Your Next Church to be Timeless
We Build Sustainable, Resilient, Nationally Recognized Devotional Projects That Last Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) technology has grown into a mainstream choice for the new construction of churches in markets across North America. In-place performance has shown...
Safety & Architectural Design in New & Old Church Buildings
When planning for any upgrade to a church’s existing facility or a new building project, consider these things regarding the safety of your congregants and community
Retrofitting: The Future of Church Construction?
We can all agree that the last two years have been crazy. Real estate has skyrocketed, supply issues are affecting everything from paint to plastic to plywood, and the cost of everything has gone up. Each of these presents a problem in daily life for each of us, but...
How to Design Your Space to Support Those with Special Needs
It’s important to include families and individuals with special needs in a safe and welcoming place at your church
Skinny Jeans Are Out; So Are Megachurches
Church design trends change just like fashion trends change; understanding how to use your building to connect with your community is key
Daytona Beach Church Removes Barriers to Christ
Understanding their community helped this church grow and thrive as they followed their master plan