Tilicho Lake, a glacial lake at 4,919 m in Nepal’s Annapurna range, read through a Nordic architect’s eye: cold, light, altitude, and the Ramayana’s water.
The Holy Well, Malvern: A Spring House on the Hills
The Holy Well at Malvern Wells: a Grade II spring house on the Malvern Hills, home of the world’s oldest bottling plant, well dressing and votive folklore.
Zamzam Well: Mecca’s Sacred Spring Within Masjid al-Haram
An architect’s reading of the Zamzam Well in Mecca: a hand-cut shaft beside the Kaaba, its layered domes and pools, and a water tradition centuries deep.
Galtaji: A Descent to Sacred Water in the Aravalli Hills
Galtaji near Jaipur threads temples into a hillside crevice, where a spring fills seven sacred kunds and pilgrims bathe in waters believed to purify.
Kilgeever Abbey: Mayo’s Ruined Church and Its Holy Well
Kilgeever Abbey near Louisburgh, County Mayo: a multi-period ruined church with a medieval doorway, an Early Christian graveyard and the holy well Toberrendoney.
Manakamana Temple: The Wish-Fulfilling Hilltop Pagoda
Manakamana Temple in Gorkha, Nepal honours the wish-granting goddess Bhagwati. A reflection on its ridgetop pagoda, the cable-car procession, vows and offerings.