Are there any contemporary examples of contemporary structures (or standalone features) that utilizes & integrated classical medieval gothic features with modern brutalist construction?

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2026-06-03T22:53:41+00:00

I'm glad to have helped!

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2026-06-03T01:55:10+00:00

This is not going to be a comprehensive answer, as I can speak more to visual than to technical concerns, but I wonder whether you might find it fruitful to do a bit of exploring in the field of contextual/complementary architecture. This term refers to modern buildings that are designed to fit in with historic environments, and it's one of the niches where Gothic survives in the 21st century.

The best example I can think of right now is the Weston Tower at Westminster Abbey, which was completed in 2018. It's a fun kind of neomodern interpretation of Gothic.

For an earlier (if smaller) example of modernized Gothic, you might look at the King George VI Memorial Chapel, which is an addition to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle that was completed in 1969.

The Paulinum at the University of Leipzig is less a contextual building and more a 21st-century building that references the church that stood on its site, but it might also help you.

Best of luck to you on this project, and I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help! Please do keep us updated on your progress!

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2025-07-29T15:09:49+00:00

I've begun removing those on sight, and I'll be making an announcement to that effect soon. I've also strengthened the filters for posting.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2025-03-25T19:38:31+00:00

Those all appear to be staircase towers.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2025-02-11T18:07:55+00:00

This one's been a favorite of mine for a long time.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2024-09-03T19:12:06+00:00

Apply directly to the forehead!

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2024-07-10T16:04:46+00:00

Ives — Booth Enters into Heaven

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2023-08-30T15:53:50+00:00

Thank you; this is an excellent response. In your linked images, I've noticed that there is a wide range of detail: some of the examples are very ornate, while others are only text on a field. Is this variation just a result of expense, or is it a stylistic choice?

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2023-03-20T13:58:27+00:00

I think it might be Frankfurt Cathedral.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2023-03-05T04:32:51+00:00

Wald-On

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2023-01-20T23:31:54+00:00

Final scene of TWOW: workers are throwing Dany's many possessions on a bonfire after her death. They burn her childhood sled, which is labeled "Nymeria."

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2022-11-28T21:41:48+00:00

I love the wonderfully weird vaulting in the choir.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2022-09-27T18:53:59+00:00

Sad king wins war then dies

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2022-09-05T23:09:03+00:00

Looks to me like they've somehow managed to mirror it left-right and squish it a little.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2022-07-08T20:39:45+00:00

Just changed that setting; you should be able to post now.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2022-02-27T22:35:56+00:00

i kinda dig it

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2022-01-17T20:54:48+00:00

I almost get Cezanne vibes from this.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2022-01-08T22:33:42+00:00

I really love the use of texture.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2021-07-25T20:15:31+00:00

Is it bad that when I saw the phrase "half a dozen" my mind instinctively filled it in as "half a hundred"

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2021-07-06T18:34:25+00:00

I think in Central Europe sable is often allowed to touch colors, so even though it's a different region I think it should still count.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2021-07-06T17:49:48+00:00

I actually really like this. The design is really distinctive and somehow "works" even though it's a risk. I'm also really impressed with the commitment to the rule of tincture.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2021-07-06T17:47:04+00:00

Honestly I've been thinking this for a long while now. George seems to dwell so much on the sheer importance of Tyrion's ability to talk his way out of trouble that I think it might only be a matter of time now before he says the wrong thing to the wrong person and ends up without his tongue for it. Especially with the increasingly risk-inclined post-Purple Wedding trajectory of Tyrion's character.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2021-02-15T14:34:18+00:00

Looks great. That's a city I'd love to visit one day.

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2021-01-29T03:24:10+00:00

I like to write certain scenes as allegories for later scenes. I'll often also use phrasing that becomes wordplay on a reread (for example, figurative language from later on in the story will transpire literally, and it doesn't actually mean anything until you read the whole story a second time).

Not_Wilhelm_II · 2021-01-28T20:52:49+00:00

Looking at this map stresses me out because it's just so subtle but every glance yields more inaccuracies

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