The dome of St Pauls Cathedral rises above the London skyline, a landmark that has defined the city silhouette for over 300 years. From the steps of the west front, the view down Ludgate Hill opens toward the City of London, where the glass towers of modern finance surround one of the greatest buildings of […]
Categories: Cities, Religious Monuments, Sights, Sights, United Kingdom
Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp is one of the most important works of 20th-century architecture, a radical pilgrimage chapel designed by Le Corbusier in 1955 whose sweeping white concrete roof (said to be inspired by a crab shell), irregularly shaped windows of coloured glass, and organically curved walls broke every rule of traditional church […]
Categories: France, Religious Monuments, Sights, Sights