There are generally eight basic arch designs, and all eight can be found in Lancaster County architecture: semicircular, segmental, lancet, jack, trefoil, elliptical, horseshoe and Tudor.
Ancient Egyptians first discovered the simple, powerful beauty of the segmental arch — a structural element that, by using friction and gravity instead of a binding mortar, can support enormous ...
Dominic McKenzie Architects’ Segmental House extension combines nods to Scandinavian modernism with references to the arches ...
Florence's "Old Bridge" - in Italian "Ponte Vecchio" - is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge, connecting Via Por Santa Maria to Via de' Guicciardini over the Arno river.