Among the most defining characteristics of Gothic architecture is its aspiration to ignore gravity and reach for the sky, if not the heavens. Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant.

Characteristics of Collegiate Gothic architecture include gargoyles and grotesques, towers and spires, stone wall masonry and limestone carvings, copper and wood detailing, pointed arches and recessed ...

The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims, and Amiens—stands out for a reason. Their flying buttresses, lofty towers, and subaqueous stained-glass windows ...

Despite symbolic motivations for these buildings, the architectural historian Donald Drew Egbert ’24 GS ’27 pointed out in Princeton’s bicentennial year, the Gothic buildings at Princeton are “far ...

By Randy Yagi Over a period of nearly 400 years, many of Europe's most famous churches were designed and constructed using Gothic architecture, a style originating in 12th century France and first ...

Gothic Revival characteristics in architecture were most prevalent in residences built between 1840 and 1860, and for church design through the 1940s. Here are some examples of the style that can ...