Vault

A groin vault viewed from the underside, showing the arris or 'groin'.

Plan of the vault from above showing resultant outward thrust.

Groin vault from above.

Underside of a barrel vault

View of a barrel vault from above showing lateral forces

Plan view of a barrel vault showing lateral forces

Quadripartite gothic rib vault

Sixpartite gothic rib vault

Barrel vault,

Net vault, drawing from Brockhaus, 1888

Groined vault

Single vault (barrel vault)

Groined vault

Dome

Klostervalv, Klasztorne

Kryssvalv, Sklepienie Krzyżowe

Kupolvalv,

Stickvalv

Stjärnvalv, Sklepienie Gwieździste

Tunnvalv, Sklepienie kolebkowe

San Isidoro de León, Spain

Cathedral St-Jean, Lyon

Chateau de Queribus, France

Detalle del techo de la catedral Salisbury

Church of St. Mary in Lübeck, main nave

Blessed Virgin Mary church, Chełmno, between 1330 and 1340

Church of SS. James and Nicholas in Chełmno, presbytery, after 1326

chapel with gothic paintings in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Cloister in church in Olomouc, Czech Republic

SS. James and Nicholas church, Chełmno (1st quarter of 14th century)

Chełmno, Church of SS. Johns, by 1429 Cistersian nun's, by 1821 Benedictine nun's, nowadays Sisters' of Charity, vaulting of the eastern part (ca. 1330)

Vault in ambulatory of St. Mary church in Stargard Szczeciński

Church of St. James in Toruń, nave (ca. 1330-40)

Church of St. James in Toruń, presbytery (ca. 1330-40)

Kwidzyn, former cathedral church, nave (half of 14th century)

Church of Blessed Virgin Mary in Toruń, nave (3rd quarter of 14th century)

Chełmno, church of SS. James and Nicholas, nave (3rd quarter of 14th century)

SS. Johns' cathedral in Toruń, Poland (before 1497)

Sankt Laurentii, Söderköping, Sweden (1497)

Star vault of the Founder's Chapel, Monastery of Batalha, Portugal

Vault panorama, church Notre-Dame de la Dalbade

Vault of choir, church Notre-Dame de la Dalbade

Freiberg: vault inside the saxon board of mines in (~1500)

Net vault in St. Mary Redcliffe church, Bristol

Maschennetzgewölbe im Chor der Liebfrauenkirche in Lienzingen (Mühlacker)

Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England, dating from a major restoration of the roof in the 1860s

Tower of Navarre and Orval, Langres, France

Malbork Castle, Palace of Grand Masters

Malbork Castle, Palace of Grand Masters

Kraków, church of Holy Cross

Cell vault (Meißen, Albrechtsburg)

Vault of muqarnas: Alhambra, Spain

Kirchenruine St.Nicolai (St.Nicolaus) in Visby (Gotland). Erbaut 1230, zerstört 1525 - Bóveda construida en piedras irregulares y sin mortero.

Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris

Rib vault in Nikolauskirche in Gent

Torres de Río (Navarra, España), bóveda románica de influencia musulmana

Glimmingehus, Sweden (1506)

1903 Poland - Gliwice

Byzantine vaults in portal of basilique Sacré Coeur, Paris, France.

Teatro de la ópera, Sydney, Australia.

The Melbourne Central shot tower and iconic glass cone.

Homenaje a Eladio Dieste, monumento en Salto, Uruguay

Homenaje a Eladio Dieste, monumento en Salto, Uruguay

Palacio de deportes de Santander, Spain