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Light streams between a forest of spiral stone columns. Each one twists upward, branching into a delicate web of ribbed groin vaults overhead — the…
Continue reading → La Lonja de la Seda: Valencia’s Temple of Trade
Vatican City contains the greatest concentration of human artistic achievement on earth. It also contains, on any given morning, thirty thousand other people who know…
This lavish estate, inspired by Spanish Colonial and Mission style architecture, was the ultimate achievement of architect, Julia Morgan. The Hearst Castle remains a symbol of…
I had researched the Loire Valley châteaux for two separate high school French essays before I ever stood in front of one. We left Paris…
Continue reading → The Loire Valley: Châteaux, River Towns, and Three Nights at Artigny
As a student of architecture, I had studied Chartres Cathedral in the way you study canonical buildings before you've seen them — through plans, sections,…
Continue reading → Chartres: Sound, Stone, and the Gothic Cathedral Interior