vaults & occuli, third round

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Combining the first and second interpretations of this theme, here’s a take with both the flanking skylights (a la Soane) and the semi-circular colonnade, with two large columns on center to flesh things out.

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  1. […] Returning to the work of Lutyens, this small room takes its primary cue from a detail in a stair hall at Viceroy’s House, New Delhi, where an arcade is topped with a small pendentive at the corner, curving the profile of the ceiling.  Wormseye axonometric views follow – the bottom image also has sectional and wormseye studies of another Lutyens-inspired previous post. […]

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