SCOTT, AIA Correspondent Sep 9, 2010 Sep 9, 2010 Updated Sep 11, 2013 A style based on ingenuity, improvisation and access to abundant North American wood ... Gothic - usually limited to the large ...

Is Grant Wood’s famous painting serious or comic ... a grim-faced Iowan couple in front of their scrupulously neat, gothic-arched, timber house – in a style also called Carpenter’s Gothic ...

In 1749, he built his estate in London, called Strawberry Hill, modeled off of Gothic cathedrals and medieval castles. Defined by arched windows ... and vergeboard (wooden trim attached to ...

To build the huge cathedrals with large, open interiors, the high, steep Gothic arch was developed ... The roof of Notre Dame was supported by wooden beams that were installed in the cathedral ...

There, a large, overwrought gothic triumphal arch swallows cars underground ... The mess hall, which features a soaring wooden roof studded with dormer windows, for example, is inspired equally ...

Leers, principal of Leers Weinzapfel, noted the stark contrast between Adohi Hall and the other Collegiate Gothic ... wood-based construction—would be the first school in the country to build a ...

From overlooked roadside attractions to offbeat museums and obscure natural wonders, Local Hidden Gems will showcase some of the unique and unexpected treasures that make America extraordinary.

with an arched Gothic-style window, modeled after the one in Eldon. The real American Gothic House was built in the 1880s. According to information provided by the museum, Wood saw the house in ...