I've always loved the architecture of gothic cathedrals, with all the flying buttresses and rib vaulting. It would be great to build at least one wing of your house in this way, just scaled down to have 10-15 ft. ceilings.

You could probably make the whole thing out of brick, then add frescos, stained glass windows, tapestries, whatever you want. It would also have great accustics, perfect for a home theatre or pipe organ.
-- rasberry re-tart, Oct 05 2005

Rib vaulting http://www.nelepets...itecture/cant10.jpg
Rib vaulted cieling made of stone and brick. [rasberry re-tart, Oct 06 2005]

I would love one of these - perhaps as an outbuilding music studio. However, as with real cathedrals, you'd need to carefully watch the fine line between attractive utility and ostentatious excess.
-- CecilL, Oct 05 2005


//you'd need to carefully watch the fine line between attractive utility and ostentatious excess//

And those horrendous completion dates and cost overruns.
-- UnaBubba, Oct 05 2005


Wood isn't quite as cool as brick or stone though. I'll put a link for a picture of rib faulting. Imagine it on your cieling.
-- rasberry re-tart, Oct 06 2005


Friends of ours bought and renovated a stone church, to live in. It was a nightmare to heat, apparently.
-- UnaBubba, Oct 06 2005


sounds very "Laurence Llewellyn Bowen" to me!
-- po, Oct 06 2005


Goodness [raspberry re-tart], what large canines you have!
-- ConsulFlaminicus, Oct 06 2005



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