curved walls
Bent vertical surfaces
Curved walls are walls that bend rather than run straight, following an arc or irregular path instead of a flat plane.
They appear in architecture for aesthetic effect, acoustic purposes, or structural reasons: The museum's curved walls guide visitors through the galleries.
Building curved walls requires specialized techniques since standard framing assumes right angles.
- archedCurved overhead
- barrel vaultContinuous arched ceiling structure
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- undulatingMoving in waves
sweeping · organic · flowing · adobe · plaster · alcove · niche · apse · rotunda · dome · cylindrical · serpentine · contour · embrace · enclosure · womb · cave · igloo
- organic designnatural materials, organic shapes, natural textures, natural fibers, wood grain
- classical architectureIonic order, Corinthian order, Doric column, Corinthian column, Ionic
- GaudíSagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, organic forms, modernist architecture
- Rococorococo, Fragonard, pastel colors, scrollwork, boiserie
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