A geometric church clad in ceramics in the Norwegian city of Porsgrunn was designed by Oslo architecture firm Espen Surnevik and Trodahl architecture. The aim of Espen Surnevik is to create a modern church suitable for the congregation of the 21st century, but related to the previous architecture and the wider history of religious architecture. The modern church in Espen Surnevik replaced the 18th century church in Porsgrunn, which was destroyed in a fire in 2011. Although very modern in appearance, this new "resurrection church" is designed to retain the memorial of its predecessor.

Espen Surnevik said: "the old rococo church has an immortal appearance and our aim is to rebuild this great building in a completely new way after 250 years. We wanted to create a new, unusual experience, just as the elegant old church from its time represents something unusual and important."

The church occupies 11 different geometric volumes that are ordered by height based on their importance.Designed to attract attention to the building, the spire is the highest form, followed by a pair of chapels that are topped by towers.Six slightly shorter structures, which surround the church's main hall, contain other functions including the sacristy and the organ, while the technical spaces are in the shortest volume at the rear of the building.Each of the forms is sloped to match the spire's angle of inclination of 3.3 degrees.