The inspiring and daunting austerity of the new Cathedral permeates every aspect of its architecture. Going against tradition and placing the main entrance to the extreme left of the facade, the ...

On April 4, 1942, the diarist Henry “Chips” Channon and a few of his friends paid a visit to Wells Cathedral—one of England’s early Gothic treasures—in the southwest county of Somerset. Having spent ...

Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the most important examples of Gothic architecture, being built at the very end of the Early Gothic period, before a transition into High Gothic architecture. The ...

St. Peter in Chains Cathedral stands out not only for its history, but also its architecture. It is rather unique among Roman-Catholic churches because of its Greek style, from the single octagonal ...

In Christchurch, New Zealand, one of the world’s most unprepossessing contemporary churches manages to be among the most spectacular and celebrated. Colloquially called the “Cardboard ...

It was late on a Tuesday afternoon in 1989 when Chuck Toeniskoetter swung open the doors of Saint Joseph’s church in downtown San Jose to show his family what he’d been working on. Alongside his wife ...

A powerful laser scanner has been used by experts at The University of Nottingham to capture a detailed, virtual record of the interior of Lincoln Cathedral and reveal clues to its architectural past.