{"product_id":"the-gothic-cathedral","title":"The Gothic Cathedral","description":"Product Description\n\n\nThe Gothic Cathedral focuses on the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, following the creative processes of architects by reconstructing the problems and opportunities which faced them. Christopher Wilson presents the essential facts on such aspects as chronology, structural techniques and stylistic developments and then goes further, seeing the story as a sequence of choices from which new solutions arose, which, in their turn, gave rise to still more challenges. Illustrated with carefully chosen photographs and specially drawn diagrams, this fresh, perceptive and provocative book has already established itself as a definitive introduction to the subject.\n\n\nReview\n\n\n'A closely argued work of scholarship which stands out from books like it'\n --Building Design\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\nChristopher Wilson is Emeritus Professor in the History of Art at University College London.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39668207353941,"sku":"9780500276815N","price":11.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/a53c1b83-80b9-4a31-aecf-51d96d70745c.jpg?v=1644255795","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-gothic-cathedral","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}