Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Vault
Vault: An arched structure of stone, brick, or reinforced concrete, forming a supporting structure of a ceiling or roofRibs and vaults are commonly found in Romanesque Revival and Gothic Revival styles
Barrel vault / Barrel roof: A straight, continuous arched vault or ceiling, either semicircular or semi-elliptical in profile
- Illustration above: Blessed Trinity RC Church
- St. Francis Xavier RC Church
- Saints Peter & Paul RC Church
- Our Lady of Victory Basilica
- St. Francis de Sales RC Church
- Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy
- Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy
Fan vault: A concave conical vault whose ribs, of equal length and curvature, radiate from the springing (the point where an arch rises from its supports) like the ribs of a fan
Groin(ed) arch: One arched division of a cross vault
When two barrel vaults intersect at a right angle, the juncture forms a groin or cross-vault, which provides lunette windows for lighting at either end.
- St. Gerard's RC Church
- Hotel de Villes (City Hall), Nyon, Switzerland
- St.-Denis Abbey, Paris, France
Rib: A curved structural member supporting any curved shape or panel; a molding which projects from the surface and separates the various roof or ceiling panels.Ribs and vaults are commonly found in Romanesque Revival and Gothic Revival styles
Rib(bed) vault: A vault supported by or decorated with arched diagonal ribs
- St. Joseph's RC Cathedral
- St. Joseph University RC Church
- Corpus Christi RC Church
- St. Ann's RC Church
- St. Mary of Sorrows / King Urban Life Center
- Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
- St. Mark's RC Church
- Holy Angels RC Church
- St.-Denis Abbey, Paris, France
- St. Francis Xavier Church, Amsterdam, Holland
