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Gothic Revival: Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago Houses of Parliament and Big Ben Gothic-style facade of St. Patrick's Cathedral with twin spires, surrounded by modern skyscrapers in New York City. The Tribune Tower in Chicago, a tall neo-Gothic skyscraper with ornate stonework and pointed spires, rises above trees and nearby buildings. Figure 2: Social and economic considerations in interior design.(left) Elaborate mid-19th century dining room in the Gothic Revival style, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown New York, designed by Alexander J. Davis. Houses of Parliament, London, a complex of Gothic Revival buildings designed by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1837–60. Figure 93: English secular architecture in the Gothic Revival style. (left) Midland Hotel at St. Pancras Station, London, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1867-74. Gothic Revival style bargeboard on the New York Yacht Club House (currently in Mystic, Conn., U.S.), by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1846 Fonthill Abbey
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Gothic Revival: Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago
Gothic Revival: Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago Gothic Revival interior of Holy Name Cathedral (1875), Chicago.

Gothic Revival

architectural style
Also known as: Neogothic style
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Gothic Revival, architectural style that drew its inspiration from medieval architecture and competed with the Neoclassical revivals in the United States and Great Britain. Only isolated examples of the style are to be found on the Continent. The earliest documented example of the revived use of Gothic architectural elements is Strawberry Hill, the home of the English writer Horace Walpole. As in many of the early Gothic Revival buildings, the Gothic was used here for...

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