Amiens: Has transepts, intricate rose window (competing sculptors) The city was minuscule and the Cathedral titanic; symbolism of God's domination As much window as possible; load bearing structure reduced to only bare minimum of skeleton, high vaults supported by slender columns Beauvais: Highest vault, too high as it kept collapsing, remains unfinished with props to hold it up The Cathedral of Laon: Was to have 7 towers with spires; only 4.5 built with no spires (Gothic = over-ambition) (jan 1, 1194