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 ...

Explore Charlotte's breathtaking architectural gems from the historic Mint Museum to the modern Bechtler, showcasing the ...

This includes an increasing interest in preserving and restoring older buildings, with a need to understand the different styles of Gothic architecture. In 1817, the architect Thomas Rickman is one of ...

Carpenter Gothic used the same elements as European Gothic architecture, but replaced masonry with wood frame construction. Verticality was achieved by the use of board and batten siding ...

The builders of Gothic temples were, of course, far from the modernists’ worldview, but already in the 14th century the idea that in architecture sometimes it is worth giving up a few elements for a ...

Where the great English critic John Ruskin considered Gothic architecture a moral force ... California, that features columns carved as human figures in the classical manner of Athenian caryatids ...

Video: The Architecture of Northwestern — A collection of Peter Kiar's photos from "Northwestern University: The Campus Guide." See more videos from Northwestern magazine. A mix of traditional ...