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Arch

A basic architectural structure composed of bricks or stones so arranged as by mutual pressure to support one another. See also extrados, intrados and voussoir. Locations without countries noted are in Ontario.

 
 
 
Art Nouveau - Paris - France
   
Cinquefoil - Cambridge - England
 
 
 
   
 
Compound - Amboise - France
 
Corbel - Barcelona
 
Elliptical - Brockville
 
       
 
Equilateral - Barcelona - Spain
 
Flat - Simcoe
 
Florentine - San Gimingano - Italy
 
     
 
 
Four Centered - London
 
Gothic - Venice - Italy
 
Horseshoe - Byron
 
 
     
 
(Pointed) Horseshoe - Granada - Spain
 
Italian Pointed - Siena - Italy
 
Keyhole - Kingston
 
 
   
 
 
Keyhole - Bowmanville
 
Lancet - Chartres - France
 
Lancet - Bursin - Switzerland
 
   
 
 
 
Monumental - Milan - Italy
 
Moorish Multifoil - Marakesh - Morocco
 
Norman - Volterra - Italy (12th c.)
 
     
 
Ogee - Granada - Spain
 
Oriental - Istanbul - Turkey
 
Parabolic - Casa Mila - Barcelon - Spain
 
     
 
Pointed Saracenic - Tarquinia - Italy
 
Pointed Two Centered - Barcelona
 
Psuedo Three Centered - London - England
 
     
 
Roman - Hamilton
 
Rough Flat - Megeve - France
 
Scalloped - Brighton - England
 
     
 
Segmental - Geneva - Switzerland
 
Segmental Pointed - Ottawa
 
Tangental Rennaissance - Paris - France
 
   
 
 
Three Centered - Canford School - England
 
Transitional - St. Denis - Paris - France
 
Trefoil - Guelph
 
 
   
 
Triangular - Barcelona - Spain
 
Two Centered Pointed - Istanbul - Turkey
 
Tudor - Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
Venetian - Venice - Italy
 
Venetian Gothic - Venice - Italy
 
Ziggurat - Istanbul - Turkey