Arch doorways, a centuries-old architectural staple, come with aesthetic and functional benefits. Their unique shape can ...

‘Arches, a revered architectural feature dating ... arched doorways can provide a more flexible solution to traditional rectangular doors as their contours often fit more harmoniously with ...

The rectangular arches surrounding the building enclose terraces at the edges, which have been designed to highlight different sounds, scents, light and breezes around the site. "The screens that ...

the Lincoln Memorial is a rectangle; and the Jefferson Memorial is a circle in a square. So, Saarinen selected an arch—specifically, a catenary arch, a special geometric form that had long moved ...