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 ...

Bethesda-by-the-Sea's Gothic architecture was modeled on Spain’s Santa María de Regla de León Cathedral. The etched dates ...

English Gothic architecture, exquisite stained glass artwork, a wing repurposed thrice over, and a marble block that can't be ...

However, it was the Romans who fully embraced and refined the arch, turning it into a fundamental element of their engineering: by improving materials — especially through the development of concrete ...

Researchers and historians of architecture divide the achievements of the Polish Gothic according to diverse typologies, but even the eye of an amateur can spot the differences between Silesian and ...

Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

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 ...