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The huge subterranean barrel-vaulted basilica — carrying an extravagant inscription in the narthex recording its expedient Cold-War dedication by Pope John XXIII — extends the entire length and breadth of a small conical mountain, at the summit of which rises a granite cross.
El Escorial 2009
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It shows a compromise between the barrel-vaulted churches of mesopotamia and the Isaurian basilica with central tower as found at Meryemlik and Alahan.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Mr. Pei's 30-year old west wing, surprisingly undated, does so much more with so much less; it upstages the new addition creatively with passages like the daylight-flooded, curving pedestrian promenade under a barrel-vaulted skylight that forms a warm and pleasurable link between the museum's social and aesthetic functions.
The MFA's New Art of the Americas Wing . . . Ada Louise Huxtable 2011
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The onshore wind rattles the barrel-vaulted roof, but outdoors the azure sky enhances the vivid colours of this exposed land.
Country diary: Zennor, Cornwall Virginia Spiers 2010
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A subtle, stripped-down version of wall moldings and the skylighted cove and barrel-vaulted ceilings common in the past have been reintroduced in the American Wing galleries to provide the natural light and modified scale best suited to the size and spirit of 18th- and 19th-century paintings.
The New World Reborn Ada Louise Huxtable 2012
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The Banquet Hall, whose 70-foot-high barrel-vaulted ceiling evokes medieval grandeur, is among the most astonishing spaces.
King of the Castles Julia M. Klein 2011
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The huge subterranean barrel-vaulted basilica — carrying an extravagant inscription in the narthex recording its expedient Cold-War dedication by Pope John XXIII — extends the entire length and breadth of a small conical mountain, at the summit of which rises a granite cross.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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The hotel has European design elements, including a lobby featuring barrel-vaulted ceilings, a breakfast bar and bunk beds in some of the rooms.
Hotels for Young, Hip Crowd Laura Kusisto 2011
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Inside, we admired the barrel-vaulted ceiling, and the beautiful modern joinery of gallery, staircase and furnishings, while the owner, Rose Adams, told us how her mother had bought the building in 1966 for £500.
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The barrel-vaulted ceiling gives the top floor a curved shape.
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