Where do monks get the money to build this beast?
From their about page - https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/pages/about-us-wyoming-carm...:
> From their monastery nestled deep in the Rocky Mountains, the Wyoming Carmelites (a small group of Carmelite Monks) were looking for a way to support their growing community.
> After much discernment and prayer, the monks had the inspiration to start roasting coffee and selling the beans online. The first samples were roasted on a cast-iron skillet in the monastery kitchen and in 2007, Mystic Monk Coffee, a catholic coffee company was born.
My first association is "fake" - which _is_ appropriate to describe (especially the roman catholic) churches (organisations, not buildings). But I guess that that's not their intention ;)
> Hopefully they're entitled to spend their money the way they like.
I don't know about the US, but in Europe spending money in such a way would be heavily criticised.
Better fake than the the latest fad in architecture.
At least fake gothic could never have resulted in brutalist buildings.
Not only the general architecture, but all the natural history theme that applies to all the Gothic design elements. Animals replacing Gargoyles, etc.
A beautiful building.
[1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_Institute.j...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sherfield_Building_over_Q...
[3]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_College_Bus...