Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier ...

As Gothic architecture emerged, many classical traditions receded. “In the Middle Ages, [architects] left behind the human metaphor and moved to the superhuman,” Dr. Bork adds.

Manueline stained glass windows, sculpted cloisters, unfinished chapels... This enormous Dominican monastery, a UNESCO World ...

Yes, Viollet felt that he could make a better spire than the one that had been pulled down in 1786, but then he also knew how to speak the language of Gothic architecture fluently.

A cathedral in Paris gave birth to Gothic architecture. (It's not Notre Dame) Saint-Denis, the burial site of France’s kings, queens, and icons, inspired an architectural revolution.

But by applying techniques commonly found in Gothic cathedrals, researchers in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zürich –a science and technology focused university in Switzerland–have ...

A secret skeleton revealed in the centuries-old Gothic cathedral during reconstruction shows that Notre Dame was likely the first to use iron staples to reinforce its architecture.

GREGORY J. SCOTT, AIA Correspondent Sep 9, 2010 Sep 9, 2010 Updated Sep 11, 2013 A style based on ingenuity, improvisation and access to abundant North American wood, Carpenter Gothic is truly an ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier ...

Romanesque architecture eventually evolved into Gothic, swapping thick walls for thin ones and small windows for large ones. The Renaissance, however, reverted back to the ancient Roman way of ...