 Some parts of the State Apartments were completely destroyed in the 1992 fire and this area was rebuilt in a style called " Downesian Gothic " , named after the architect , Giles Downes . The style comprises " the rather stripped , cool and systematic coherence of modernism sewn into a reinterpretation of the Gothic tradition " . Downes argues that the style avoids " florid decoration " , emphasising an organic , flowing Gothic structure . Three new rooms were built or remodelled by Downes at Windsor . Downes ' new roof of St George 's Hall is the largest green @-@ oak structure built since the Middle Ages , and is decorated with brightly coloured shields celebrating the heraldic element of the Order of the Garter ; the design attempts to create an illusion of additional height through the gothic woodwork along the ceiling . The Lantern Lobby features flowing oak columns forming a vaulted ceiling , imitating an arum lily . The new Private Chapel is relatively small , only able to fit thirty worshippers , but combines architectural elements of the St George 's Hall roof with the Lantern Lobby and the stepped arch structure of the Henry VIII chapel vaulting at Hampton Court . The result is an " extraordinary , continuous and closely moulded net of tracery " , complementing the new stained glass windows commemorating the fire , designed by Joseph Nuttgen . The Great Kitchen , with its newly exposed 14th @-@ century roof lantern sitting alongside Wyatville 's fireplaces , chimneys and Gothic tables , is also a product of the reconstruction after the fire . 
