Notre Dame de Paris - Minecraft Cathedral by TomBuilder

[@TheDesorino]

RIP to this legendary map. So sorry to hear it got griefed

[@ryotanada]

Who's here when the real deal's on fire?

[@Technick194]

Not only is this a minecraft masterwork, but the video editing is well done too. You fit it quite nicely with Toccata and Fugue!

[@ShaaTheTemplar]

Absolutely beautiful! Notre Dame is without a doubt my favourite piece of architecture on the planet. It's such a glorious part of French culture! Now I'm certain this took time and effort but I assure you, good sir, that it was most certainly worth it to create such a masterpiece! To think, this was made on Survival Mode too! I salut you good sir, this is incredible.

[@mirbrine1253]

Vas à la cathédrale de Rouen et de Reims en France et on pourra en reparler

[@carterjeffiner]

I'm still re-watching this and recommending it to others. It's my favorite example of how Minecraft inspires creative imagination. Thank you once again.

[@SuperlordAlgernon]

A gorgeous, respectably made cathedral and one indicative of true attention to architectural detail. I can only hope the one I'm creating comes out with with the elegance that yours has. Also, possibly the best version of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor I've ever heard, and seeing as it's been a favorite of mine since 5, that's saying something. Bravissimo.

[@castoli44]

netherrack and fire not included in the packaging

[@TheWillsiv]

Absolutely incredible, one of the best creations I've seen so far.

[@overunity]

Incredible, time, patience, ability and will... This deserves a first page on something...

[@andreszayas5119]

Quasimodo: SANCTUARY!!!

[@tylerstrong2746]

Its amazing how this looks so good at pretty much 1:1 scale

[@reauk]

:O it is incredible i am utterly shocked on the amount of details and congratulate you for the beautiful work of minecraft art

[@ThomasSchutt]

Indeed, after I started this project, my friend showed me Pillars of the Earth, and since my name is also Tom, TomBuilder seemed particularly fitting. Just like Tom from the book/miniseries, I love cathedrals. After a long Minecraft hiatus, I've begun work on a new, even more massive project--St. Paul's Cathedral. Check back in several months.

[@MadDemon01]

The best version ive seen so far! A true masterpiece!

[@vinskithedude]

by the gods... this is gorgeous... I'm trying this at the moment, got the first face done the rest looks like it's going to be insane!

[@CotnolSnah_EB_]

great job plus what a challenge because it was built in survival

[@Teliriny]

because it's epic looking and is therefore a worthy project for our time and resources.

[@xaviey14]

I'm left speechless.... This is incredible!

[@EUMarshallUK]

@BigBadSchutt Which is the best and only way to do it. This is a masterpiece, well done!

[@abitcookie]

Duncan husk - he must have done it in survival or there would be no health or armour icons! Brilliant build , blew me away!

[@espana00091]

un grand bravo pour ce travail pharaonique

[@Teliriny]

Holy crap, this is awesome! Fantastic job, dude!

[@TimeTraveIer_0]

It's a huge awesome and best creation of minecraft of the world !

[@tamiasthechipmunk]

Absolutely Epic. I'm a Second Life Builder who's getting into Minecraft. Your build is inspiration for me to get good at minecraft.

[@Xterminator]

@BigBadSchutt Haha okie. :) This is absolutely amazing! I still can't comprehend how you could possibly have the patience for this. But congrats, it looks awesome! :D

[@chip599XX_VGRLeader]

In April 15 2019 it was set on fire 🔥

[@PaulosbenElohim]

very very well! I liked it so much, really Good job bro.

[@uberwren]

Dude, this is just so seriously AWESOME I don't even have words. This is Wren, in case the user name didn't give it away. Totally sharing this with all my viewers. OMG, so epic.

[@kallehenk1]

This guy is a real minecraft player. Good job!

[@fikimon]

That is fantastic. Very great bulding, I think you are huge builder :D

[@Arcanin299]

Where is Quasimodo ?

[@JeanAlphonseJaune]

You and your team are geniuses...

[@Imagi77]

This is unbelievable....

[@ThomasSchutt]

@Bunters196 Nope, there is no wool at all. The different shadings of stone are all caused by different layers/depths of the rock faces. Rocks deeper into the wall end up a little darker b/c of the lighting, etc.

[@gabrielle_salonga]

That'sss a very nice cathedral you have there.

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@Nudekwood Minecraft is not free, but you can play an older and more limited version for free. The full game costs about $21 USD right now. It's still technically in beta, and it gets a lot of updating (and, eventually, I believe the final price will be higher).

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@CurlyCow In Minecraft, 1 block is supposed to equal 1 yard; it was built "to scale" based on that.

[@MasterChief-pr8eu]

Respect

[@arron4112]

FROOOOOOOOM THHHHHHHHEEEEEE BEEEEEEEELLLLLSSS OOOOOFFFF NOOOOOOOOTREEEEE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kenhall3518]

Thank you sir, for destroying any chance that I be impressed by anything I build in minecraft.

[@maxthomas2644]

in in the process of copying this myself, idk if ill ever finish it, like you im doing it in survival. the key difference is that in doing it underground starting at y=5, itll have a glass dome over it as well. the final hole will be 80 by 160. only about 800,00 blocks to remove before i even start, but hey, ill have the stone needed

[@Jaypeeworld]

Waiting for the world :D, you guys rocks.

[@ThomasSchutt]

@PS3sacker Indeed, this is probably the most famous building in Paris, next to the Eiffel Tower, so definitely build your own for your Paris. I'd like to see how your city turns out!

[@sdspeedy1]

I will say however that being in survival mode does kinda make this build different and more special for you and those who also build that way.

[@louisleft4dead]

WOW your a hard working guy i can't believe it.

[@P6DP12]

Hammer Arbeit very nice

[@ThomasSchutt]

@tympod123 As always, thank you for the compliments. I have updated the info bar to include my plans in spreadsheet form if you are interested it looking at them.

[@ThomasSchutt]

@EvilBharathy Actually, most of the stone came from just digging up the grounds to a low enough level so the cathedral would fit into the map, given the height limit et al.

[@SlickGinoRomano]

It- It's beautiful!

[@adriankutich]

Very nice cathedral.

[@adik_from_novaliches]

Came here after the fire incident

[@pddurdin]

Lovely work! I built a cathedral in single player (multiplayer always crashed) based on the floorplan of Amiens cathedral. It's close to 1:1 scale but beyond the floor layout and dimensions it's pretty much out of my own head. Like yours, I had to leave off the central spire due to map height limits! I can't link here but searching for minecraft cathedral on google should show my deviantart link on the first page. :)

[@_Hugues_]

Total Respect !

[@ThomasSchutt]

@Jojobracigliano Greetings. This cathedral took about 2 to 3 months of work to build, including the mining of the resources. Thank you for your enthusiasm!

[@ThomasSchutt]

Since I have been asked by several people, I probably will be uploading the current version of our server sometime soon so people can have fun playing around in my Notre Dame. Give me this week to talk with my friend who is in charge of our server.

[@SobiTheRobot]

You could go back and add stained glass to the windows, since weve had the update... I wonder if there is a church bell mod anywhere that could be incorporated? How about a pipe organ?

[@ThomasSchutt]

@faraskan Thank you! I died many, many times. But it was humorous, so I was entertained by it. Probably the most aggravating death I had was when I was collecting lava with 30+ buckets deep in a mine for the obsidian floor tiling, and I fell into the lava and lost most of my buckets. I started the cathedral at the beginning for February 2011, and playing regularly finished by the end of March 2011. I really don't have more specific numbers for how many hours it took.

[@ThomasSchutt]

I am both flattered and humored that people like this so much that they want to figure out how to build it themselves but find my plans insufficient. Let me note that my plans were never intended to be instructions for other people; they were only for me. Yet, I do want to help accommodate anyone who wants to build it too, so I will upload a portfolio of my own screenshots to help guide you this weekend. Also, I still have not forgotten about uploading the map itself. I will do so soon.

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

Hunchback not included i guess?

[@suffixer]

@soldathick some terrain levels are lower than the one you could have, so since this is one is deeper on the ground, he can build higher

[@FSLetsPlay]

We're going to make this in June, we already started!

[@drufor]

just awesome...

[@ThomasSchutt]

@soldathick I never actually paid any attention to what the height of each of the levels were. I simply build a column of dirt in the air to determine how much space I had to work with prior to construction. As to 129, I'm afraid I don't have an answer--that's just how it is on our server I guess.

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@UserNamei5 It's 1:1 based on the Minecraft measurement of 1 block = 1 yard on a side. Of course it isn't perfect--but it's as close as you get in Minecraft. And walking around inside, you certainly feel like you're in a giant cathedral. Download the world file and try it out!

[@Temeraire519]

@moonbender100 what exactly are you going on about? I never said it wasn't amazing or that I don't like it. I simply feel that without the spire it's missing a huge part of it and should be considered incomplete, which by the way it is. Also I would like to point out I'm not blaming anyone for this, its just not complete. The plain and simple reason I feel this way is because this is my all time favourite cathedral and is arguably the finest example of gothic french architecture.

[@nathandavis3002]

i am currently making a cathedral of a similar scalee to that. ive been working on it for two weeks, and so far i have the majority of the facade, and the first segment

[@samuel99el99]

Respect man!

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@macshepherd54 It's in the credits at the end; can't remember myself, but it's by Bach.

[@ThomasSchutt]

@gageman34 Well, one point I can bring up that many people get wrong when building a Minecraft cathedral is that the triangular roof and the ceiling of the nave are not that same thing. The ceiling of the nave, transepts, and choir is a collection of multiple intersecting arches called "ribbed vaulting." I portrayed this vaulting as best as I could using the confines of the blocks I had. Take a look at different photographs of various gothic cathedrals to see what I mean.

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@selber88 He already did; hit the 'show more' on the file description to find the link.

[@Bunters196]

@BigBadSchutt thanks. I was wondering on the front on view is the dark blocks above the door cobblestone? Luckily i've been using refined lol. I've also been getting a sore head from the amount of stupid mistakes i've been making just by misscounting and rushing. Had to lay the first layer 3 times already.... all because of one block each time.

[@anosmianAcrimony]

Shame you can't make stained-glass windows in Minecraft. (Though I bet there's a mod for that.) Other than that, amazing!

[@ThomasSchutt]

@bobaethan Actually, I built it myself. The special thanks are mostly to my close friends on the server who donated some stone, wood, and coal and who helped with some landscaping. :D

[@ThomasSchutt]

@Temeraire519 I was incapable of building the spire in Minecraft. The map has a height limit: the western towers are already at max height, and the spire is supposed to be well higher than them. The only way I could have built the spire was to dig 30 layers or so into the ground so I'd have more vertical space, but then the whole cathedral would have been surrounded by walls of dirt and stone which would have looked far, far worst than a missing spire. Don't blame me; blame Notch.

[@Bunters196]

@BigBadSchutt oh i think i've worked it out its slate yeah? And on the blueprints are the dark blocks cobble and the light grey smoothstone? Just double checking and some other people were saying they needed a legend/key as well.

[@Trippple917]

Epic man, me irl --> :O I am trying to build the notre dame aswell with a friend in multiplayer, i must say we have a lot to learn. RESPECT BRO!

[@ThomasSchutt]

The main reason FYI I haven't uploaded the cathedral yet to download is because our world file is very, very large. We're picking out the most reasonable file, then we'll upload it.

[@TheDavesterism]

@xxxFrostyxxxDomixxx Read the description. This was before 1.8.2, there was no creative mode.

[@ThomasSchutt]

@Bunters196 Ah yes, I see what you're asking now. Yes, I used many half-blocks too, created from refined stone. Almost everything in the plans is simple, refined stone. I barely used cobblestone at all--only for a few minor surface textures here and there. When in doubt, assume that what you are looking at in the plans is refined stone, not cobblestone. What you see in the plans is what I've got, too--there is nothing extra. The plans were only written for me, so they are hard to read.

[@Pompierat]

Tom, my first project and what do I want to build ? Your Notre Dame. Thanks for this great vid.

[@supermichael9857]

Amazing!

[@oliverkarehag9883]

Dude AWESOME!!!

[@Darkpaint84]

attempting to recreate this in single player based on the plans provided, just for fun, but i'm missing a plan of the sides of the building. have to check this video often to see if im doing something wrong, which is somewhat annoying, but if anything it makes me aware to how difficult it is. applause from me to you, sir

[@ThomasSchutt]

@Pokeyman123 Sadly I have found several people do this already. If you would like point out where they did this, I may have my Minecraft group take action. Or if you just want to discredit them for me, that's fine too. Recently I am more happy to have released the map for free download, knowing that many are enjoying my cathedral in game. Suffering copyright violators is a small price to pay for that joy. :)

[@ThomasSchutt]

@TheMrSphere Yes, you may build and/or copy my cathedral onto your server. Please give me credit if you present it for any public situations, such as KZbin videos, postings on forums and websites, etc. Thank you very much for asking for my permission first.

[@ThomasSchutt]

@crossfirepremier The cathedral itself requires 138 x 55 meters, however, I needed to landscape about four times that space to give it a landscape worth of it. All the landscaping I did was done by hand too. I'm planning on building a town in front of it, however I'm waiting for 1.8 to come out b/c my server will likely be altered for it, so I'll work on it more then.

[@nicachi77]

@Pokeyman123 Actually I don't think so when I compare them to eachother. The building actually exists irl which makes it ideal for everybody to build

[@Studio_OZKai]

Since the limit has been raised, did you ever update this design with the spire added???

[@koenbiersma1]

amazing

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@keeperofthegates You should see his next project---it's going to be about 3x this size, and even more dynamic a building :-)

[@ThibaudLemeur]

Excllent and amazing jog, that's awesome. Where do you find this music of the toccata from bach

[@vault4254]

Why is this in my reccomended right after the fire?

[@GerdJanvdG]

This is awesome man... Together witg my bro i am building a cathedral now, but this, looks way.better

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@heidnischerDudelsack You smelt cobblestone---put it in a powered furnace, and you get stone.

[@hahamarre4s]

I like that you are not useing wool at all :D

[@rjstaib4360]

I got this download but when I walked in and k got towards the Altar the floor disappeared if this helps I have it in 1.8.8 anyone know?

[@LarcenousDesigns]

@Nudekwood Did one person do it by themselves, in a couple months, with zombies and creepers attacking them? ;-) The deal is that this is cool, in Minecraft terms. If it's not your thing, no worries. But a lot of Minecrafters find megastructure creation a lot of fun, and this is a pretty hardcore one from our server.

[@ThomasSchutt]

@FSLetsPlay Your assumption that Notre Dame's western facade is completely symmetrical is false. I executed my design as such intentionally. :) I'm afraid I don't have written out instructions for how the pieces of the building fit together, only the basic shapes that you can use as your framework. If you watch the video a few times, I think you'll figure out how it is supposed to fit together if you wish to build it yourself.

[@tympod123]

Awesome. Wonderful. Amazing. Would you upload some plans for us?? ;)

[@hyperion134]

yep that's awesome