Batman & Architecture: The Dark Knight Rises and Gotham’s Buildings Fall

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There is no other comic saga more influenced by architecture than Batman. Gotham, and the fictional architects that built the city, have been main characters since the first plots. Writer and architect Jimmy Stamp describes in these essay the fascinating architectural references and metaphors that have filled Batman stories for the last 60 years.

Batman, Gotham City, and an Overzealous Architecture Historian With a Working Knowledge of Explosives

By Jimmy Stamp

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Cite: Jimmy Stamp. "Batman & Architecture: The Dark Knight Rises and Gotham’s Buildings Fall" 23 Jul 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/256839/batman-architecture-the-dark-knight-rises-and-gothams-buildings-fall> ISSN 0719-8884

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