A Mysterious Evocation of the Power of the Forest and of Religion, this Tower stands Unexpected and Pristine before its Tranquil Pool in a quiet clearing under the Styrian Mountains. (Delight).

The Germanic forest is full of myths: unicorns abound; the shade of Armenius who slaughtered the legions of Augustus hovers in pine scented air; the ancient Nordic gods wait for Wagner's trumpets.

Romance has not stopped. In a clearing in the forested slopes of the Seetaler Alps in Styria there is a most graceful tower -- a campanile. Standing slender among the larch and spruce, it spirals up, winding round the sounds of the bells, and acting as a strange broadcasting mechanism for their chimes.

A massive concrete base holds the structure to the ground. Above is an octagonal steel structure which carries the weight of the three bells, and the shell. This is made of strips of pale larch wound helically to the sky. On top is a polyester diaphragm with an etched piece of sheet glass that bears the sign of the Cross.

The architect, Markus Pernthaler, says that the building is symbolic of the connection between birth and death, earth and heaven, and is a 'three-dimensional projection of the vibrations of the bells'. We lack gentleness in this age; we lack romance (except, vilely, with capital and civil engineering); we lack ability to make monuments for our irreligious times. Here is a construction of our age that touches the heart as well as the head; one that draws on myths of the forest and mountain. It sings in its shape and careful crafting. At night, it glows like a unicorn's horn.