architecture

A little bit of Thailand, just outside Boston

This will be the largest Thai Buddhist temple outside of Bangkok. It's being built right now a little outside Boston,…

May 4, 2012

Massachusetts Thai Buddhist temple topped off

Monks in saffron robes chanted a traditional blessing as the uppermost steel girder was hoisted 100 feet in the air…

May 4, 2012

East meets West: Thai Buddhist temple in Raynham will be biggest outside of Bangkok

Rebecca Hyman: Several years ago, one of the highest-level Buddhist monks in Thailand and an advisor to the king was…

September 30, 2011

Not a joke: Barbie’s 2011 dream house has solar panels, meditation room

The American Institute of Architects has announced the winner of its Barbie Dream House competition: a four-story, eco-friendly Malibu manse…

August 4, 2011

Buddhist community opens new meditation centre in Brno, Czech Republic

The local Buddhist community has built a new meditation centre in Brno, the Moravian capital and the Czech Republic's second…

March 21, 2011

New eco-monastery at Buddha’s birthplace

On 4 April 2011, Dr. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche will preside over the opening of the Lumbini Udyana Mahachaitya, World Centre…

March 9, 2011

Buddhist monks meditate on the 37th floor in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Buddhist monks from the Busshinji temple, meditate on the helipad of the Copan building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb.…

February 21, 2011

A rolling cube adds living and meditation space to a loft

There was a time when Liu Ming, a teacher of Chinese traditional medicine and feng shui in Oakland, Calif., did…

February 12, 2011

Kaiser’s new meditation room reflects shift away from chapels in U.S. hospitals

Roseville Press-Tribune: Books on Buddha, prayers printed in different languages, moveable chairs, kneeling stools, a glass prayer bowl, space for…

February 7, 2011

Buddhist temple project may begin in spring

A plan to build a Thai Buddhist temple in Columbus, Ohio, is far from dead. In fact, construction on the…

December 17, 2010