Architecture
History of Byzantine domes
The History of Roman and Byzantine domes traces the architecture of domes throughout the ancient Roman Empire and its medieval…
History of Roman domes
The History of Roman and Byzantine domes traces the architecture of domes throughout the ancient Roman Empire and its medieval…
Gonbad
In traditional Persian architecture, a dome is referred to as a gonbad (Persian: گنبد). The history of designing gonbads dates…
History of Persian domes
Persian domes or Iranian domes have an ancient origin and a history extending to the modern era. The use of…
History of early and simple domes
Cultures from pre-history to modern times constructed domed dwellings using local materials. Although it is not known when or where…
Onion dome
An onion dome (Russian: луковичная глава, lúkovichnaya glavá; compare Russian: лук, luk, "onion") is a dome whose shape resembles an…
Geodesic dome
A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The triangular elements of the dome…
Cloister vault
In architecture, a cloister vault or domical vault is a vault with four concave surfaces (patches of cylinders) meeting at…
Beehive tomb
A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi) (Greek: θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a…
History of dome
A dome is an architectural element that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. The precise definition has been…