Going further, architecture should respond to the significant moments in individual lives. From the maternity waiting villages built for expectant mothers in Malawi, which hold the promise of new life; to wedding chapels around the world and the Palace of Rituals in Georgia, which bear witness to marriage; to Maggie’s Centres, which offer solace amid illness; to The Hogeweyk at Weesp, close to Amsterdam, which embraces ageing; to Toyo Ito’s Meditation Forest, which provides a place for farewell; and to the grand funeral rites of the Toraja people in Indonesia. Birth, love, suffering, ageing, death – every pivotal moment in life deserves an architectural ritual of its own.