Brick church by Koht Arkitekter balances architectural ambition and material modesty

Blocky volumes clad in sand-toned bricks define the Sædalen Kirke church, designed by local practice Koht Arkitekter for a young congregation in Bergen, Norway.

Named Sædalen Kirke after the neighbourhood in which it is located, the 1,200-square-metre church sits on a low hill adjacent to a wooded meadow.

Koht Arkiteker designed a building that is unified externally but divisible internally via a folding partition wall that separates a double-height hall from community and activity spaces...