Weekend edition: Notre Dame, Jeanne Gang, Harvard, and more

Missed some of this week’s architecture news, or our tweets and Facebook posts from the last few days? Don’t sweat it—we’ve gathered the week’s must-read stories right here. Enjoy!

Here’s what saved the Notre Dame Cathedral from total destruction

Though a battered version of its former self, Notre Dame still stands today largely because its 226-foot twin bell towers were kept from ruin.

Photo of the Notre Dame cathedral in snow with a spire — The “original” spire was built from wood and leaded paint in the 1840s according to a design by young architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. (Robin Benzrihem/Unsplash)

France launches an international competition to rebuild Notre Dame’s spire

After a fire tore through the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral earlier this week, the French government has vowed to rebuild in only five years.

Sarah Whiting (Courtesy Rice University)

Sarah Whiting chosen as next dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design

Harvard GSD has selected its new dean: Sarah Whiting of Rice University’s School of Architecture will succeed Mohsen Mostafavi beginning in July.

Jeanne Gang (Courtesy the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

Jeanne Gang makes the 2019 TIME 100 list

Gang has been awarded a slot in the TIME 100’s “Titans” section, grouping her as a leader in her field alongside Mark Zuckerberg and Lebron James.