Stairs in Melk Abbey (or Stift Melk), an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world's most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley
A contemporary update on an age-old past time. Left: French architecture firm Studio KO accented this spare, Luberon, France pool with a Boffi Bains sling chair. Photo by Dan Glasser. Right: The black-bottomed pool at architect Wallace CunninghamR