Perched on a hillside near Sydney, a Byzantine-style monastery has been erected by Design Delta Architects

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St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, California by Pier Luigi Nervi (1971)

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David Chipperfield Architects has converted an abandoned hospital, previously a monastery, to create Jacoby Studios, an office in Paderborn, Germany.

In this concept of BORD Architectural Studio the subtle composition of the new elements related to the ruins of the medieval church and the monastery simultaneously evokes the original spatial structure, preserves the romantic atmosphere of the ruins and integrates new functions that meet contemporary needs. #amazingarchitecture #Visualization

captured over the years, the selection of images celebrate and remember portoghesi's architectural genius and role as a postmodernist pioneer.

Thanks to Amelia Tavella Architectes’ restoration and extension project, the Saint-François Monastery in Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano has returned to life as an intermingling of past and present. Built in 1480, its ruins and remnants were preserved using an almost archaeological approach. The past flowing into the presentThe past spills over into the present, tradition merges with the modern day – by assuming the perspective of both archaeologist and architect, Amelia Tavella Architectes created…

Modern Buddhist temples and spaces are designed with radically different styles that express the different branches of the religion.

“Again we decree that the monasteries which are to be built shall be built as humbly as possible, from mud and twigs, or from rock and clay where twigs cannot be had easily… We also decree (…) that absolutely all vanity, superfluity and precious things of gold, silver, silk or velvet shall...