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 ...

Between 1070 and 1150, after the Norman Conquest, the new rulers of the kingdom remade England’s stock of stone buildings, both ecclesiastical and secular, with synoptic thoroughness. That short and ...

Cities with abundant Gothic Revival architecture tend to be older in general. In 16 of the top 25 cities, the population peaked in the 20th century. Some 22 of the 25 cities on the list were ...

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 European spark that kindled Gothic Revival architecture arrived here via England. ... America`s ”Downing cottages” were replicas of English country houses.