We're kicking off our review of 2020 with a look at Dezeen's top eight churches from the past year, including floating, rainbow-topped and timber places of worship.

Genesis by Denizen Works, London, UK
Built on a canal boat in east London, this floating church is topped with a pop-up roof that recalls an organ's bellows.
UK studio Denizen Works worked with Turks Shipyard and naval architect Tony Tucker to create the chapel for the Diocese of London that can function as both a church and a community hub.
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Church of Beatified Restituta by Atelier ?t?pán, Brno, Czech Republic
This circular church within a housing estate in the Czech Republic city of Brno is topped with a panoramic, rainbow-hued window.
Czech Republic studio Atelier ?t?pán wanted the concrete church to be a place of contemplation away from the bustle of modern life. See more of Church of Beatified Restituta ?

Christian Community church in Stroud by Nicolas Pople Architects, UK 
This facetted timber chapel was built as part of an extension to a church in the town of Stroud in southwest England.
Built from a combination of cross-laminated timber panels and glue-laminated structural beams, the form created by  Nicolas Pople Architects was intended to invoke the feeling of a gothic cathedral.
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Porsgrunn church by Espen Surnevik, Porsgrunn, Norway
Espen Surnevik designed this church to recreate the monumentality o...