Temple of Diana

Image Credit: ArchDaily & Roland Halbe

I love how the modern structure recreates (albeit in an unpretentious or artificial way by the means of erecting roman-style ruins) the space that would surround a typical Roman temple in its heyday. The concrete compliments the ancient Roman marble work quite nicely, and the entire structure doesn't detract from the ruin's impressiveness; rather it emphasises and arguably exaggerates it through its starkness.

The only thing I don't quite dig is how heavy the modern addition looks. it feels stumpy. Perhaps if they had used columns to parallel that of the Roman temple. though then again visually that'll feel so much busier. Oh well.