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The brightly lighted curve visually erased the sharp, angled edge that made any rectilinear painting into a figure standing against the wall’s ground.

Inside Notre-Dame it is still a futuristic film décor - a towering mass of rectilinear metal scaffolding set against the curves and arches of the ancient Gothic stone.

“B&B sofas are traditionally quite formal and rectilinear,” Mr. Osgerby said.

With its combination of curved and rectilinear lines, the marble lamp has a sculptural presence, whereas the aluminum design’s matte extruded exterior and hollow interior feel more high-tech.

The new structure, which almost doubles the overall exhibition area, is a series of interlinked, rectilinear pavilions cascading down a hill and over a freeway toward the harbor.