Little over a year ago the world nearly lost one of its most recognizable examples of Gothic architecture, as the spire and a sizeable part of the roof of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris burned to ashes. Now the debate carries on about what to do with the damaged building. [...] What does it mean to be "Gothic" anyway? If something is Gothic can it also be contemporary? For such questions we need a little background. — CNN
Highlighting the one year anniversary of the disastrous fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, architect Mark Foster Gage takes us on a quick history of Gothic architecture in order to tease out the lessons this historical style can lend to contemporary architectural design.
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Almost exactly a century after the Tribune tower was designed by New York architect Raymond Hood, Gothic architecture continues to be revisited, this time by another New York architect -- myself(!!!!)*.
shocked that MFG is using CNN for self-promotion; in that way it's perfect match. i wonder how many unpaid interns it took to make that rendering?
*exclamations by commenter
He was name-dropping Lady Gaga years after designing one of her sets.
and he thinks that stick with neo-steam punk accesories is gothic?
This commonly what is called marketing. He is pretty damn good at that.
"While our proposed building would more likely be filled with wealthy
investment bankers and the children of royalty than queens and armored
knights, it is an illustration of how even such disparate groups can be
connected through thousands of years of time and space." - Mark Foster Gage
Definition of disparate:
1 : markedly distinct in quality or character
2 : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements
wealthy bankers and royalty are - by definition - NOT disparate groups.
If the wealthy are your only clients than those two (2) are quite disparate, especially considering Knights at least went into battle.
not so disparate in the sense that both royalty and knights exploited cheap/free labor for the creation of their fiefdoms.
maybe MFG sees himself as the knight, fighting gallantly for the cause? his serfs back home, toiling away to make the imagery for his coat of arms, the selling of the kingdom?
or maybe i'm taking this metaphor too far..
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