cupolas
Small rooftop domes
Cupolas is the plural of cupola, a small dome or dome-like structure crowning a roof or turret.
Cupolas often have windows and serve as lookouts or to admit light and air: The barn's cupola provided ventilation for the hayloft.
In metalworking, a cupola is a cylindrical furnace for melting iron.
On armored vehicles, the cupola is a domed gun turret.
Rounded vault forming roof
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- belvedereRoofed structure commanding views
- skylightWindow in a roof
turret · finial · roof · cathedral · basilica · capitol · observatory · gazebo
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- foundryMetal casting facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
casting · blast · metallurgy · forge · crucible · slag · chimney · bellows
Protruding fortified structure
- armorProtective combat covering
- tankLarge storage vessel
- gunboatSmall armed naval vessel
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
ironclad · warship · gun mount · rotating · fortification · bunker · pillbox · observation
dome
Rounded vault forming roof
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- belvedereRoofed structure commanding views
skylight · turret · finial · roof · cathedral · basilica · capitol · observatory · gazebo · pavilion
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- foundryMetal casting facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
molten · casting · blast · metallurgy · forge · crucible · slag · chimney · bellows · coke
turret
Protruding fortified structure
battleship · ironclad · warship · gun mount · rotating · fortification · bunker · pillbox · observation · periscope
- Skylinesskyscrapers, New York, high-rises, towers, spires
- Baroque ArtRembrandt, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rubens, Velazquez
- Colonial architectureFederal style, Georgian style, Mount Vernon, Monticello, dormer windows
- Renaissance ArchitectureBrunelleschi, Michelangelo, dome, loggia, palazzo
- Russian architectureonion domes, Kremlin, Saint Basil, golden domes, Red Square
- sacred architecturechurch, churches, cathedral, cathedrals, temple
cupolasflat roofs
Level building covers
parapets · light wells · courtyards · atriums · skylights