Marble architecture

Traditional white marble carved arches in the temple, Gujarat, India

“Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof, Berlin”

Chiseled doric columns, ornate arches, vaulted ceilings, staircases, and tiny sculptures within a sculpture—all of this fits into miniature architectural spaces that resemble ancient and medieval ruins and sacred architecture carved into raw marble and stone. These historical sculptures are brought to life by an internationally acclaimed British sculptor, Matthew Simmonds (previously here on Bored Panda), who currently lives and works in Denmark.

openbox architects has joined architecture and landscape as one, in its most recent residential design in bangkok, thailand.

The 5th-century basilica of Santa Sabina was built at the top of the Aventine Hill on the site of the Temple of Juno Regina and re-used many of its materials including these Roman columns hewn from Proconnesian marble. The spandrels of the closely-spaced arches have inlaid marble designs in green and purple, depicting chalices and patens to represent the Eucharist.