Roma. There are few places I love more than this city. In 2006, I spent a scorching, mind-expanding summer studying architecture and living on the Campo de’ Fiori. During one of our many walks, sketching the city, I became captivated by this Catholic church, Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza. I think it was the corkscrew lantern of the dome that immediately won me over. Built in the mid 1600s by architect and stonemason, Francesco Borromini, the design springs from an existing palazzo showing Borromini’s skill at adaptation. The lower façade is concave, molding the building into the existing courtyard, rather than disrupting it.