20th century churches are incredibly varied and interesting.
They range from traditional styles (including Gothic and Byzantine) to modern designs with structurally innovative features such as concrete hyperbolic paraboloid roofs and laminated timber beams. Many also have wonderful fittings, including stained glass, fonts, sculpture, murals, tilework, mosaics and tapestries, frequently in rich, jewel-like colours.
In this period concrete and steel gave a new freedom to construction, while new ideas about how congregations could participate in services changed assumptions about traditional layouts, bringing celebrants and people closer together.
The century saw dynamic churches in dramatic shapes of all sizes thanks to ambitious engineering, and brilliant colour from new forms of stained glass, murals and sculpture.
These churches were chosen by the 20th Century Society to celebrate the launch of their book '100 Years'. It also followed a joing project with the National Churches Trust to discover the UKs best modern churches.