Building for people you’ll never see
In 1248, they broke ground on a cathedral in Cologne, Germany. They laid the foundations carefully, precisely, with extraordinary ambition. The plans called for a building that would be the tallest structure in the world. Intricate stonework. Soaring arches. Hundreds of metres of stained glass. A project on a scale that few had ever attempted. And then life happened. Wars. Funding crises.…







