Modern white building with vertical slats, surrounded by trees and plants, under a blue sky with some clouds.

Take up your Cross

Leopold, Melbourne

Status: Unbuilt

A new church for the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

The Church sits within a new residential subdivision on the edge of Leopold and was designed to be a flexible building as a place of worship but also for use by the wider community.

Borrowing from the Church logo, a large tilted cross forms the roof and drives the plan internally. A generous circular forecourt, a trinity symbol, allows for outdoor services with an amphitheatre and access to the gardens and lawn area.

Project team:
Sarah Lake
Anthony Lake
Stephen Thomas

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