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 ...

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.

Dominic McKenzie Architects’ Segmental House extension combines nods to Scandinavian modernism with references to the arches ...