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4 Citations
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31 October 2022

The geometric determination of Gothic architecture together with contemporary design methods is an important question in the history of arts. The Gothic style is unique in the history of European architecture: it is the only period when Antique model...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,375 Views
18 Pages

29 January 2024

This research delves into the influence of Collegiate Gothic style on modern Chinese Christian universities, with a specific focus on Soochow University’s Anderson Hall. Originating from the medieval universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Co...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,913 Views
16 Pages

31 December 2021

The aim of this article is to discuss the colour transformations of one of the most representative Gothic façades in Central Europe—the southern façade of Wrocław Town Hall. Based on iconographic, architectural, and stratigra...

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  • Open Access
3,550 Views
30 Pages

15 February 2023

The inventory and cataloguing of the architectural drawings in the Gothic tradition made In the Iberian Peninsula has brought together exceptional sources that were previously scattered, usually little-known and valued, and, in many cases, unpublishe...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,696 Views
21 Pages

24 October 2023

No Gothic design drawings on paper or parchment have survived from the 12th century, and only a few have survived from the 13th century. For this reason, most recent scholars tend to concur at least broadly with Robert Branner, who argued in an influ...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,421 Views
25 Pages

The Cathedral of Beauvais remains one of the most enigmatic and ambitious architectural undertakings of the Gothic era. Conceived to surpass all other cathedrals in height and grandeur, it achieved unprecedented verticality but collapsed under the we...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,573 Views
23 Pages

The Palma Cathedral, a landmark of Mediterranean Gothic architecture, features some of the most structurally daring slender piers in European ecclesiastical design. This study examines the role of marés stone—a local marine calcarenite&m...

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  • Open Access
1,596 Views
19 Pages

4 September 2025

As the cathedral serving Zuoyun and parts of Inner Mongolia, the Batayizi Church in Datong, Shanxi is the largest surviving Italian Gothic-style Catholic church in the region. The church features a rigorous layout and refined details, making it a sig...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,282 Views
17 Pages

21 December 2021

The degradation of stone materials depends on several interlinked factors. The effects caused by biodeteriogens on mineral-based substrates are now increasingly considered in the field of cultural heritage conservation from different experimental app...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
11,521 Views
53 Pages

17 February 2024

The construction of Gothic church towers with carved stone spires and often with significant height required the most advanced technology and financial support of their age, and the application of advanced machines was also inevitable for it. This ar...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,065 Views
16 Pages

29 October 2021

This article describes a Smart Heritage computational system that automatically produces a wide range of design proposals for new timber Gothic churches based on an intelligent interpretation of an architectural database of historic churches. The sys...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,908 Views
47 Pages

2 October 2024

Just as Gothic cathedrals have long dominated the perception of medieval architecture, the spectacular drawings of the German lodges have shaped our view of the medieval design process. However, their towering importance has diverted scholarly attent...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
14,321 Views
15 Pages

Rampant Arch and Its Optimum Geometrical Generation

  • Cristina Velilla,
  • Alfredo Alcayde,
  • Carlos San-Antonio-Gómez,
  • Francisco G. Montoya,
  • Ignacio Zavala and
  • Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro

3 May 2019

Gothic art was developed in western Europe from the second half of the 12th century to the end of the 15th century. The most characteristic Gothic building is the cathedral. Gothic architecture uses well-carved stone ashlars, and its essential elemen...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,642 Views
24 Pages

The Acoustic Environment of York Minster’s Chapter House

  • Lidia Álvarez-Morales,
  • Mariana Lopez and
  • Ángel Álvarez-Corbacho

30 January 2020

York Minster is the largest medieval Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, renowned for its magnificent architecture and its stained glass windows. Both acoustic measurements and simulation techniques have been used to analyse the acoustic environment...

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  • Open Access
3,725 Views
13 Pages

The Narrow Mausolea at Conchada Cemetery as Part of Portuguese and European Architectural Heritage

  • Jorge Mascarenhas,
  • Lurdes Belgas,
  • Elisabete Vinhas and
  • Fernando G. Branco

26 July 2022

Over millennia, death was the origin of great funerary constructions that have come down to us. These constructions aimed at ensuring eternity and perpetuating memory. Funeral art thus appears not in the service of death, but in the service of memory...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,999 Views
16 Pages

Impact of Architectural Styles on Acoustic Characteristics in Selected European Churches

  • Samantha Di Loreto,
  • Mariano Pierantozzi,
  • Valter Lori and
  • Fabio Serpilli

This study explores the acoustic properties of European Churches, influenced by architectural design, historical context, and spatial configurations. A comparative analysis of 83 Churches from different regions and periods combines literature reviews...

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  • Open Access
684 Views
22 Pages

26 December 2025

As a museum constructed atop postwar ruins, Peter Zumthor’s Kolumba Museum in Cologne exemplifies a reconciliatory approach to integrating new architecture with historical remains. The current Kolumba Museum embodies multiple historical layers&...

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  • Open Access
1,575 Views
26 Pages

Architecture and Armour in Heritage Discourse: Form, Function, and Symbolism

  • Adrian Horațiu Pescaru,
  • Ivett-Greta Zsak and
  • Iasmina Onescu

16 September 2025

This article proposes a comparative framework for interpreting architectural and armorial artefacts through morphological and symbolic analysis. Focusing on the Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance periods, the study explores how buildings and body ar...

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  • Open Access
4,784 Views
23 Pages

14 November 2022

The Door of the Apostles at the Cathedral of Valencia stands as a treasure of sacred Gothic architecture and sculpture. A modification to its original structure in 1599 removed the mullion and the stone image of the Virgin that is to be found today i...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,404 Views
18 Pages

As an early vehicle for the spread of Western architectural culture in China, Catholic churches from the late 19th to the early 20th century exhibited unique Sino-Western fusion characteristics, serving as tangible witnesses to modern cultural encoun...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,218 Views
16 Pages

Terrestrial Laser Scanner for the Formal Assessment of a Roman-Medieval Structure—The Cloister of the Cathedral of Tarragona (Spain)

  • Felipe Buill,
  • M. Amparo Núñez-Andrés,
  • Agustí Costa-Jover,
  • David Moreno,
  • Josep M. Puche and
  • Josep M. Macias

28 October 2020

The use of massive data capture techniques in architectural heritage has enhanced the development of new methodologies that have an important impact on their conservation and understanding. The research proposes the study of formal anomalies in the c...

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  • Open Access
191 Views
16 Pages

28 January 2026

The Church of San Juan del Hospital in Valencia (Spain) is a Gothic church whose main architectural feature—the western façade—remained unresolved, posing structural and compositional challenges. The intervention addressed this iss...

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  • Open Access
6,950 Views
19 Pages

6 February 2018

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Danish architects Egil Fischer and Vilhelm Lauritzen carried out a rigorous graphic documentary study of one of the most important late-Gothic—Renaissance palaces in the Kingdom of Valencia, the Centelles’ Pa...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,291 Views
25 Pages

26 August 2022

Although the acoustics of Gothic cathedrals are of interest to researchers, the acoustic impact of their many columns is often neglected. The construction of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris spanned several centuries, including a wide variet...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,081 Views
14 Pages

8 September 2023

Our cultural society has made remarkable advancements in creating digital models that depict the built environment, landscape, and reality. The advent of technologies such as terrestrial laser scanning and drone-based photogrammetry, coupled with sop...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,624 Views
17 Pages

Parametric Stability Analysis of Groin Vaults

  • Ricardo Maia Avelino,
  • Antonino Iannuzzo,
  • Tom Van Mele and
  • Philippe Block

15 April 2021

This paper presents a parametric stability study of groin, or cross vaults, a structural element widely used in old masonry construction, particularly in Gothic architecture. The vaults’ stability is measured using the geometric safety factor (GSF),...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,727 Views
42 Pages

24 January 2025

The veranda buildings (Qi-lou) in Lingnan are important historical and cultural carriers of knowledge of the transformation of cities in Lingnan from traditional to modern forms. However, the restoration and protection of Qi-lou building facades face...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
8,910 Views
37 Pages

3 February 2022

During the Renaissance and Mannerist periods, in most European countries the fashion for decorating walls with sgraffiti covered a large part of continent, from Portugal to Romania, and from Central Italy to the German countries and Poland. Its popul...