![]() He then constructed a colonial Roman town (City, 1974), erected monuments to the Pharaohs (Pyramid, 1975), dissected the maze of subterranean systems below and essential to every major city (Underground, 1976), built a medieval fortress (Castle, 1977) and dismantled the Empire State Building (Unbuilding, 1980). In January 1973, Macaulay was off to France to work on Cathedral, which was published the following fall. While the gargoyle never survived the first presentation, the accompanying drawing of a partially finished cathedral fared much better. One result of this tinkering was a book idea about a gargoyle beauty pageant set in medieval France. ![]() The next four years were spent working in interior design, teaching junior and senior high school art and tinkering with the idea of making books. He received his degree in 1969 after spending his fifth year with RISD’s European Honors Program in Rome. An early fascination with simple technology and a love of model making and drawing ultimately led him to study architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. ![]() Born on December 2, 1946, David Macaulay was eleven when his family moved from England to the United States. ![]()
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