When Solomon was building the Jewish temple God said to him, "Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel" (1 Kings 6: 12-13). It has never been about buildings but about obedience to God in our inward man which makes us into a place where God dwells. Only sin can keep the presence of God from us.
