Archinect - News2024-05-29T02:53:08-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150066846/new-gothic-tower-added-to-westminster-abbey-by-architect-ptolemy-dean
New gothic tower added to Westminster Abbey by architect Ptolemy Dean Hope Daley2018-05-30T15:40:00-04:00>2018-05-30T15:40:50-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5d/5d6eda3e4e0267e0c2efdfd7a34dc05f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Nestled into an armpit of Westminster Abbey, hidden behind a flying buttress that leaps up to the chapterhouse, stands what appears to be a gothic space rocket. Sinuous bronze tracery loops its way up the faceted shaft, framing crystalline windows between bands of lead arrowheads, like go-faster stripes shooting towards the heavens.</p></em><br /><br /><p>British architect Ptolemy Dean's new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/155427/addition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">addition</a> to Westminster Abbey, The Weston Tower, is the first significant addition to the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/614090/gothic-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gothic</a> structure since 1745. This new $30m tower provides the first public access to the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/17155/church" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">church</a>'s triforium space above nave. Here visitors can climb to the attic and visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries housing royal and religious artifacts dating back thousands of years.</p>