A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault, wagon vault or wagonhead vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or...

vault or groined vault (also sometimes known as a double barrel vault or cross vault) is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults...

Etruscans. The Romans in particular developed vault construction further and built barrel, cross and dome vaults. Some outstanding examples have survived in...

panels. Rib vaults are, like groin vaults, formed from two or three intersecting barrel vaults; the ribs conceal the junction of the vaults. The earliest...

by its massive quality, thick walls, round arches, sturdy pillars, barrel vaults, large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined...

architecture as vaults. Annular vault – A Barrel vault springing from two concentric walls. Barrel vault – An architecture tunnel vault or barrel vault is a semicircular...

barrel vaults that cross at right angles to each other: the open space within the vault is the intersection of the space within the two barrel vaults...

flattened barrel vault springing from a course that encircles the walls at the level of the springing of the window arches. This barrel vault is cut transversely...

bars and the shear forces are supported by the diagonals. Barrel vaults: This type of vault has a cross section of a simple arch. Usually this type of...

interesting example at Pompeii; this was covered with a semicircular barrel vault, decorated with reliefs in stucco, and round the room a series of square...