St Barnabas Church
St Barnabas Church
St Barnabas Church balances an open courtyard, landscaped gardens and fixed and flexible spaces. Off-form concrete frames and canopies define the street edge and the steps up to the courtyard.
The worship space
The gentle rising curved volumes of the worship space characterise and focus the appearance of the church in the city. The worship space, with its folding floor that wraps up around the congregation and opens up to soft cloud-like ceilings, is conceived like an open-hand under the sky; a warm, protective, generous and light-filled space. Complementing the worship space is the counter-curved form of the foyer and social-heart that rises in a gesture of welcome and invitation to the central landscaped courtyard.
Frames and canopies
Separating these curved forms and courtyard from the street are the linear sheltering frame and canopies that define the entrance streetscape and steps up to the courtyard. These fine frames of off-form concrete open to the street though large windows that accommodate the shop and meeting spaces beneath the awning canopies that project out over the footpath.
The forms of this church are structured, assembled and finished in simple, modest materials; concrete, compressed cement sheet, steel and glass.
Explore the interiors of St Barnabas Church.
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Awards
| 2015 | Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) | Public Architecture Award | |
| 2015 | Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) | Interior Architecture Award | |
| 2013 | World Architecture Festival | Completed Buildings, Religion, High Commendation | |
| 2013 | Chicago Athenaeum, International Architecture Awards | International Architecture Award | |
Press
| 2 Jul 2015 | ArchitectureAU | 2015 NSW Architecture Awards | |
| 21 Apr 2015 | Architecture & Design | Natural light floods Sydney church by FJMT to create cloud like atmosphere | |
| 15 May 2014 | designboom | st barnabas church in sydney given curving form by FJMT | |
| 4 Oct 2013 | ArchitectureAU | St Barnabas Anglican Church | |
| 3 Oct 2013 | ArchDaily | Winners of the World Architecture Festival 2013 | |
| 15 Aug 2013 | ArchitectureAU | 2013 International Architecture Awards | |
| 13 Aug 2013 | Architecture & Design | Sydney projects win International Architecture Awards | |
| 10 May 2013 | ABC RN By Design | The church with nowhere to weep | |
