The Urban Monastery: Faith, Contemplation, and Architecture by Jonny Ryley

The visuals Jonny includes with his essay are vital to understanding the scope and meaning of this work. We highly encourage you to read along as you listen to Jonny read his piece on our site, here. 

Jonny Ryley was born and raised in a Christian family the U.K., where he was part of a local baptist church and was baptised in 2017. He is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Art, London, having completed his Masters in Architecture there. He worked in New York City at COOKFOX Architects for a year before his Masters and is in the process of relocating back to New York to get married to his fiancée, Genny, who he met at Hillsong Church NYC.

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