barrel vault
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There is no grand lobby with barrel vault ceiling; instead, the viewer is greeted by the sloping walls and gentle asymmetries of a rough-hewn cave, our most archaic form of shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023
And “the barrel vault over the library distinctly recalls Stourhead,” an 18th-century Palladian house in the English county of Wiltshire, he noted.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022
Their proposal: a barrel vault higher than Grand Central Terminal, adorned with a 10-story clock said to be the world’s biggest.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2018
Inside, the bank’s signature barrel vault sits near the front window, emblazoned with “Farmers & Miners Bank,” the institution’s name when it opened in 1883.
From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2016
In some respects the likeness to São Vicente is very considerable; there are coupled Doric pilasters between the chapels, the barrel vault is coffered, and the chapel arches are extremely plain.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
