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by cwkoss 2586 days ago
Does anyone know of a kit for building a gothic architecture building consisting of small stones with pre-cut geometry? Seems like it would be fun to put together - could you use it like a puzzle and assemble with no adhesive, throw the pieces back into the box when you're done?

Presumably could be manufactured from concrete in molds, so incremental cost could be quite low.

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“Anker stones” (http://www.ankerstein.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=v..., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_Stone_Blocks) aren’t quite that, but also are better in the sense that you can build different buildings with them.

For example gothic architecture, see for example https://www.ankerwiki.de/Neue-Modelle-bis-Kasten-34/Kasten-N... or https://www.nikhef.nl/~i56/Anker.html (front of Chartres cathedral, gothic villa)

I've wanted Anker stones for years, ever since I read about them, for precisely just that purpose. At the moment I'm (sort of) scratching that itch building Gothic-esque buildings in Minecraft. But someday...

Pity Anker stones are still so rare and expensive.