Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like the Basilica of Saint-Denis, which is often regarded as the birth of the style. “There were other buildings that ...

Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant. New York-based architect Mark Foster Gage looks at the history of one of the world’s most recognizable architectural styles, and explains ...

Neo-Gothic You would never want to mistake Neo-Gothic architecture for Neo-Romanesque. Both old-timey styles recall the middle ages, but here is how to tell them apart.

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.

The ornate St. Dunstan's Basilica in Charlottetown is admired as a classic example of Gothic Revival architecture. Now it's ...

<p>The architecture of the Gothic period (ca 1150—1550 CE) belongs to the most significant manifestations of human culture. The development of a skeletal system supported by flying buttresses ...

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.

Here are six places where you can sample Rogue Gothic architecture at its finest. 1. Nos 33-35 Eastcheap, 1868 by Robert Lewis Roumieu (1814-77) ...

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.

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 ...