ARCHITECTURE HOme in a Barrel VaultNew museums of late have tended to verge on the grandiose: the columned temple form of the Los Angeles County Museum, the mighty, circular Hirshhorn Museum planned ...
The oldest record of barrel vaults is estimated to date back to 4000 BC. These provided the spans in the Sumerian ziggurat at Nippur in Babylonia, built from fired bricks amalgamated with clay mortar.
The house architect Beverley Spears designed for herself and her husband, Phillip Crump, has not won any formal accolades yet, because it’s brand new. But there’s no doubt it will be an award-winner.
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