The result is a stone frame - 28 stone columns with flat arches between them - supporting the roof and the reinforced concrete floor slabs.
Sansovino could have designed a rusticated flat arch for the herms to carry, or even a simple Tuscan entablature without metopes and triglyphs, but instead he chose the Doric.
A concrete and glass form rises from the second floor of the concourse and bulges out from its base, forming a flat arch.
The style of architecture is very clearly Tudor as is characterised by the flat arches and the shape of the roofs of the two towers.
Definition of flat arch in US English:
flat arch
noun
Architecture
An arch with a flat lower or inner curve.
Example sentencesExamples
A concrete and glass form rises from the second floor of the concourse and bulges out from its base, forming a flat arch.
The result is a stone frame - 28 stone columns with flat arches between them - supporting the roof and the reinforced concrete floor slabs.
The style of architecture is very clearly Tudor as is characterised by the flat arches and the shape of the roofs of the two towers.
Sansovino could have designed a rusticated flat arch for the herms to carry, or even a simple Tuscan entablature without metopes and triglyphs, but instead he chose the Doric.