Monadnock Building
The 1891–93 Chicago office block that pushed brick load-bearing walls to their limit, just as the steel skyscraper…
The 1891–93 Chicago office block that pushed brick load-bearing walls to their limit, just as the steel skyscraper…
A 12th-century Romanesque church in the Valdelsa hills, now home to an ecumenical monastic community active in hospitality.
Chiostro del Monastero di Santa Maria Assunta di Cairate, Varese, Lombardia. Photo: Dario Crespi, via Wikimedia Commons, CC…
Monastero di Torba, Torba, Varese, Lombardia, Italy. The Longobard defensive tower (late Roman origin, repurposed as a Benedictine…
A fourteenth-century Dominican monastery in central Palermo, housing cloistered nuns from 1311 to 2014 and now open as…
An 11th-century monastic complex in Toscana where Renaissance humanists debated philosophy with monks, and a working pharmacy once…
The nave of the Church of Santa Maria, Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça, Leiria district, Portugal —…
An 8th-century Benedictine monastery anchored to Mount Taleo's cliff face, celebrated for frescoes spanning eight centuries and housing…
A Discalced Carmelite monastery in Bocca di Magra, founded in 1176 and now a spiritual retreat center, housing…
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