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The Zen garden at <n>Ryoanji Temple</n> in Kyoto, Japan, created in 1499. Photo by <n>John Pawson</n>.

The <n>Palmyra House</n> (2007) by <n>Studio Mumbai</n>. Photo by <n>Hélène Binet</n>.

The Great Hall of <n>Stanway House</n> in Gloucestershire, photographed by <n>Christopher Simon Sykes</n> in 1990.

The <n>Hotel Castello di Reschio</n> in Umbria, Italy, renovated by architect <n>Benedikt Bolza</n>.

<n>Dresden</n>, a 2013 photograph by <n>Thomas Zhuang</n>.

<n>Le Mas du Naoc</n>, a guest house in Cabris, France. Photo by <n>Martina Paganoni</n>.

<n>Le Mas des Poiriers</n>, an 18th-century farmhouse in Provence, France.