Haugesund, NO

Udland Church

Udland church was built in brick and steel according to the plans of architect Thomas Brekke in 2002. The exterior of the building is made of brick combined with light and dark painted panels, while the church hall is whitewashed on the outside. The roof surfaces and the church tower are covered with folded and patinated zinc plates, a work that was awarded the Nordisk Platepris for Arkitekter in 2003.

About this building

For more information visit on this building visit https://kirkesok.no/kirke/110600501

Key Features

  • Architecture

Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m

Other nearby buildings

Skåre Church

The Skåre Church is an octagonal church dating from 1858. The bells from the old Church of Skåre were used in the new one. The altarpiece is from 1858, the organ from 1958. The baptismal font is from 1627.

Vår Frelsers kirke

The Church of Our Saviour of 1901 is a monumental cruciform church, built in brick according to the designs of E. Halleland. In the choir wall above the altarpiece are seven windows with stained glass windows made by H. Oidtmann at the Linnicher Kunst-anstalt in Cologne in 1901. The altarpiece with the neo-Gothic frame was painted by Fredrik Kolstø in 1901.

Rossabø Church

The Rossabø church is a modernist church from 1972. The church is built of cast-in-place concrete and belongs to the style of brutalism. It is a 'working church', i.e. a church that, in addition to the parish hall, has other rooms related to the work of the congregation. These are, for example, the parish houses, the offices of the church employees.

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