modest materiality
This recently completed residential care building for The New Camaldoli Hermitage (the coolest monks I have ever met) in Big Sur is a great example of the use of modest eco-materials used in elegant ways. The monks of The New Camalodoli Hermitage have made a life commitment to stay at the monastery and their cells [...]
a recent design almost completed
I have just returned from another amazing Easter weekend spent with the monks of the New Camaldoli Hermitage, for whom we have designed the new buildings to replace the older ones now at the end of their life cycle. The day started before dawn with a sacred bonfire, around which the monks sang, dressed [...]
A very special group of monks
Seeing these photos of the modules successfully being shipped and set to the New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, CA couldn’t make me more happy (and also extremely thankful). The monks at the Hermitage are honestly some of the most special people I have ever met and the site of their monastery is nothing short [...]
