The unrealized tower was conceived as “something between a hotel, cultural complex, vertical city and secular cathedral,” ...

The concept of the museum has historically prompted reflections on identity, representation, and institutional frameworks. At present, museums are conceived as increasingly complex spaces, combining ...

This story originally appeared published in the December 1939 issue of National Geographic magazine and has been put online as part of our From the Vault series. See more digitized stories from our ...

If England lets its cathedrals crumble, it will be everybody’s loss. People walk into cathedrals for all sorts of reasons: to light a candle, hear a choir, escape the rain, attend a service, admire ...

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People often assume they’re simply decorative but the gargoyles are vital to the structure of Notre Dame, serving as part of the water drainage system. Still in use today, when the drainage system was ...

Towering over Lafayette Square in the Historic District, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist's Gothic towers should lure in any architecture buff. The original cathedral was established in ...