Carpenter Gothic used the same elements as European Gothic architecture, but replaced masonry with wood frame construction. Verticality was achieved by the use of board and batten siding ...

But it can also take a more stately route—think Gothic architecture, Victorianesque statues and grand chandeliers. Here are ...

The builders of Gothic temples were, of course, far from the modernists’ worldview, but already in the 14th century the idea that in architecture sometimes it is worth giving up a few elements for a ...