Europe’s medieval cities weren’t designed to impress modern travelers, yet centuries later they feel almost unreal. Stone ...
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2012 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. This stone church at 127 Kent Street in Greenpoint is not as modern as it may appear at first ...
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8 Medieval European Towns Frozen in Time

Europe is filled with modern capitals and bustling cities, but scattered across the continent are towns that feel untouched ...
My civilization is based on the cult of Man through individuals. For centuries, it has sought to show Man, just as it would have taught people to distinguish a cathedral from its stones. It preached ...
You don’t need fairy dust, a magic wardrobe or a giant eagle to find a castle in Pennsylvania. Complete with spires and turrets and great halls, here are some of castles — or, at least, castle-like ...
Introduction: skyscraper gothic from nineteenth-century to postmodern expressions -- Design and the study of the past: the gothic skyscraper / Lisa Reilly -- The gothics of Francis Kimball: from ...
It’s that time of year when Halloween thrusts Gothic motifs into the spotlight: Think Dracula’s castle, haunted Victorians and frightening figures from dragons to gargoyles. But Gothic architecture ...
Most of us, when hearing the word 'gothic', conjure up the image of soaring cathedral towers. In the territories of Poland, the Gothic style rarely took such spectacular forms, but managed to develop ...
Editor’s Note: Mark Foster Gage is an American architect and founder of Mark Foster Gage Architects in New York. He is also a professor of architecture at Yale University School of Architecture. New ...