Modern monastery architecture

David Chipperfield Architects has converted an abandoned hospital, previously a monastery, to create Jacoby Studios, an office in Paderborn, Germany.

Perched on a hillside near Sydney, a Byzantine-style monastery has been erected by Design Delta Architects

A home in the Mexican desert goes beyond just responding to the landscape, instead forming an integral part of it.

Secluded 13th-century Crna Reka (meaning 'black river') has a unique setting among Serbian monasteries: it's built into caves, seemingly hanging off a…

Thanks to Amelia Tavella Architectes’ restoration and extension project, the Saint-François Monastery in Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano has returned to life as an intermingling of past and present. Built in 1480, its ruins and remnants were preserved using an almost archaeological approach. The past flowing into the presentThe past spills over into the present, tradition merges with the modern day – by assuming the perspective of both archaeologist and architect, Amelia Tavella Architectes created…

Image 19 of 53 from gallery of AD Classics: Convent of La Tourette / Le Corbuiser. Photograph by Samuel Ludwig

Image 1 of 33 from gallery of Architecture Classics: The Benedictine Monastery Chapel / Gabriel Guarda, Martin Correa. Capilla del Monasterio Benedictino / Gabriel Guarda, Martín Correa. 2022. Image © Fabian Dejtiar

Artech Studio, Water-moon monastery, Cina 2012

Image 5 of 71 from gallery of Restoration of Castello dei Doria a Dolceacqua / LDArchitects. Courtesy of LDArchitects