cathedral architecture
Spires and buttresses
Cathedral architecture refers to the design principles and structural techniques used in building large Christian churches, especially the medieval European cathedrals.
The term evokes pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and soaring vertical spaces—features that define Gothic style in particular.
More broadly, it describes any grand ecclesiastical building style: The university chapel borrows from cathedral architecture.
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- choirOrganized group of singers
- choir loftElevated church singing platform
- high altarPrincipal church altar
masonry · nave · stained glass · Romanesque · rose window · clerestory · altar · pinnacles · flying buttresses · ambulatory · vault · vaulted ceiling · narthex · stone carving · tympanum · transept · tracery · Baroque
- Gothic artGothic art, pointed arches, rose windows, tracery, flying buttresses
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- Medieval revivalTudor revival, medievalism, Ruskin, Houses of Parliament, Neuschwanstein
- RhinelandRhine River, Cologne, Bonn, Dusseldorf, Koblenz
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Building design for manufacturing
commercial architecture · office buildings · parking garages
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Buildings stripped to essentials
prefabricated buildings · functional design · temporary shelters
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