Mary’s Well in Nazareth, Israel, marks a site of the Annunciation. A reconstructed stone well structure tied to a spring beneath the Church of St Gabriel.
Märchenbrunnen: Ludwig Hoffmann’s Fairy-Tale Fountain in Berlin
The Märchenbrunnen in Berlin’s Volkspark Friedrichshain is Ludwig Hoffmann’s 1913 Neo-Baroque fountain of fairy tales, ringed with Brothers Grimm sculptures.
Meenakshi Temple, Madurai: Light, Tank, and the Golden Lotus
A Nordic architect reads Madurai’s Meenakshi Temple — its gopurams, concentric enclosures, and the sacred Porthamarai Kulam where myth and water meet.
St Margaret’s Well, Edinburgh: A Gothic Wellhouse in Holyrood Park
St Margaret’s Well, Edinburgh, is a 15th-century Gothic wellhouse moved stone by stone to Holyrood Park in 1860, with rib-vaulting and a holy spring.
Halesi-Maratika Caves: A Primordial Interior in Nepal
Halesi-Maratika Caves in Khotang, eastern Nepal, read through a Nordic architect’s eye: descent into living rock, light, and a place sacred to Hindus, Buddhists and Kirat.
Fountain of Wealth: Suntec City’s Bronze Ring Fountain
The Fountain of Wealth in Suntec City, Singapore, is a silicon bronze ring on four columns, once the world’s largest fountain, with a wishing ritual at its core.