9 Dec 2024

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 9 December 2024
This photograph shows the facade of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, on 29 November, 2024, ahead of a visit of the French President.

Photo: CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / AFP

Kennedy Warne discusses the connection between architecture and the human spirit. 

He says a superb example of such connection is in the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which feels very much like a resurrection from the dead.

He talks about the fascinating details of the restoration process - the sourcing and shaping of timber and stone, the marshalling of 2000 workers and artisans to take part in the project of a lifetime, and some of the minor miracles that made restoration possible.

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