Arched Roof Building

Arched Roof Building

Arched Roof Building

In the world of construction, the arch is a design of both aesthetic and engineering beauty. It has a pleasingly curved shape, which can be tweaked in a number of ways to result in different silhouettes. Provided they're designed properly too, arched roofs are also a self-supporting structure. With adequate reinforcement (i.e thick or buttressed walls), an arch may even be load bearing.

An arched roof extends the structural capabilities of the arch by placing a roof over a series of parallel arches. The space that is created once an arched roof is installed is called a vault. The vaulted roof and the barrel vault roof are two common forms of arched roofs. Arches were the precursor to circular or domed roof, which are are engineered in a similar but slightly more complex fashion.