17 Artists Suggest Notre Dame Cathedral Reconstruction Designs

Well, this is the only one on this list that does't look absolutely horrible. But still...

Best one so far. It's neat,clean and not trying to take any glory away from the rest of the structure.

It doesn't match any of them with the classic and traditional architecture. The model presented by me is the best to preserve the old features. novo-model...d2-png.jpg

To all of the 'modern' ideas NONONONONONONO This a cathedral that was to honor GOD not be an ugly art show

Surely the parts that burned could be reproduced from photos. I feel that most of these 'designs' were submitted by naughty children just seeing how far they could push.

I love it!!

Actually looks tasteful and nice :)

Beautiful! City of Lights would be enhanced by this architectural renaissance.

Happily this will not be the case as the French Senate requires that Notre-Dame’s spire be rebuilt ‘exactly as it was’ which has already relegated all these abominable concepts in the garbage where they belong.

like a glass alligator died on a church. just stupid and incompetent.

This is a joke, right?

I love the idea of bringing the structure environmentally into the next century while maintaining it's historical integrity.

This is a cathedral, not a park. Trees in the ceiling, potential for water leakage.... not a very good idea.

Beside not articulating well with the rest of the building, there is concern about the walls supporting the weight of any roof. This design would be extremely heavy and probably require a lot of maintenance to keep it from leaking. Ever see what roots do to concrete?

Wrong place to show Eco consciousness.

Doesn't look like a phoenix. Looks cheap.

nonononononooooono noooooo

Too cliche ...

It’s to contemp.

Interesting concept, cheaply designed.

I quite like this one. But not the beam of light out the top. There's too much light pollution as there is and it confuses migratory birds.

It doesn't fit in with the rest of the building, it's like ancient mixed with 2130 or something..?

I would like to down vote this more than once. :\

Is anime finally influencing modern architecture? I'm getting major Fate vibes. The animations before it started looking like someone used Miracle Whip to highlight hair.

The description is kind of a mess, and so is the picture.

stop trying to futurize a historical building

Seems that the designers are not realizing that the roof is (part of the whole building) and not separate from the rest

Why do we want to illuminate the space below the roof? So you can't appreciate the original stained glass windows? This is a church, not a carnival venue. Glass in summer is hot, hot, hot.

There's a ceiling below below the roof - why illuminate the attic? I wouldn't hire Foster to design a dog house if he doesn't understand basic cathedral architecture.

Glass cover for this design is a bit too modern for the architecture of the cathedral and the "Viewing platform is a non-starter for me. This is a house of worship, not an Eiffel tower tourist lookout.

No

Horrible. Like a crazed spaceship landed and morphed a thousand times with an interstellar radio tower.

No. Just... no.

Makes me think of a click-on lego block

Meh.

this looks like it belongs in Dubai

What's up will all these train station designs?

This is why we can't have nice things.

You have desecrated the house of God and Mary with your incompetence. Tepees belong to Native Americans and not on churches. you even forgot to put the animal skin on your tepee poles. You could't even do that right.

I don't like the gold. Makes it look like it doesn't belong. As far as open air project...I think the inside of the cathedral is getting enough open air damage.

Eeeek, gaudily wrapped Christmas present. NO!