Jong Soung Kimm (ARCH ‘61, M.S. ARCH ‘64), FAIA, FKIA, a Seoul-based architect and a member of the Mies van der Rohe Society Board, will present his 5th and the last photographic essay in the traversal of Medieval building art in Europe.
After his earlier volumes on Germany and Belgium, Spain and Portugal, Italy and Croatia, and France the series now comes to an end by crossing the English Channel to present Norman and Gothic architecture in the United Kingdom.
Durham Cathedral, along with other Norman masterpieces such as the cathedrals of Ely, Gloucester and Peterborough, as well as Salisbury, Lincoln and Wells Cathedrals and York Minster, unquestioned achievements by Gothic builders, are dealt with in detail.
Canterbury Cathedral is accorded prominence given its storied martyr in Thomas à Becket as well as the spectacular sexpartite vaulting of its choir. Finally, King’s College Chapel at Cambridge University graces the last chapter as an end note to the decade-long journey.