Secular Conversion: Historic Chapel Turned Modern Library
A beautiful old chapel in the Italian town of Lonate Ceppino has been transformed into a modern library with a perforated aluminum tower that adds to the building without compromising its ...
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Word Worship: Church Converted to Awe-Inspiring Bookstore
This stunning 15th-century Dominican church is dedicated to much more than just one book - it contains thousands of them, in fact, stacked row upon row in a modern three-story addition. Located ...
Religious Conversions: 15 Houses of Worship Turned Secular
Transforming these fifteen churches, monasteries and synagogues into homes, libraries and nightclubs hasn't put a damper on their sense of reverence and grandeur. Former houses of worship all ...
Destroyed Cathedral: Rare Photos Offer Glimpse Into WWI
Seen from the eyes of a German officer, these dramatic photos depict the St. Quentin Cathedral in northern France, which was almost completely destroyed during World War I. They're part of a ...
Church Bells To Doorbells: 8 Churches Turned Into Homes
Churches are some of society's most stylistically beautiful buildings. A large amount of building design comes down to functionality and affordability, so churches, built for a spiritual purpose ...
Empty Pews: 7 More Amazing Abandoned Churches
Abandoned churches may symbolize to some the weakening of religion in the modern age but that's far too simplistic an explanation – people can move, churches not so much. These 7 amazing ...
Underwater Town: Single Spire Marks Architectural Tomb
All that remains of the old Curon Venosta is the tip of a bell tower, emerging from Lago di Resia like a tombstone for the flooded town. The alpine village was inundated with water shortly after ...
Giant Paper Flowers Bloom Inside Abbey Church in France
As if the ornate Gothic architecture in the Abbey church of Saint-Riquier in France wasn't beautiful enough already, it was temporarily filled with over 100 intricate and graceful paper flowers. ...
Modern Religion: 13 Contemporary Churches & Chapels
Sacred spaces are slowly moving out of the intricate baroque and Gothic details of traditional church architecture and into cleaner, brighter, more minimalist designs. While a classic cathedral ...
Move Over, Sistine? 15 Stunning Modern Ceiling Designs
From the Vatican in Italy to ancient mosques in Iran, the world’s most beautiful ceilings tend to be intricate masterpieces created centuries ago with the brushstrokes of a famous painter, ...
