rotundas
Domed round rooms
Rotundas is the plural of rotunda, a round building or room, especially one with a dome.
The Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., is the most famous American example.
The term applies to both grand public spaces and smaller circular rooms: The museum's rotundas echoed with footsteps.
Rounded vault forming roof
- cupolaSmall rooftop dome
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- oculusRound architectural opening
- cofferedWith sunken ornamental panels
lantern · drum · colonnade · portico · atrium · vestibule · foyer · lobby
State legislative building
- statehouseLegislature's headquarters
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- museumPublic exhibit space
library · government · assembly · Jefferson · inauguration · ceremony · public · gathering
Impressive supreme dignity
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- monumentalityImposing scale and permanence
- palatialLavishly grand and spacious
stately · imposing · elegance · magnificence · nobility · resplendence · pomp · loftiness
Prolonged reflected sound
- echoReflected sound wave
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
sound · timbre · clarity · loudness · whispering gallery · diffusion · absorption · reflection
dome
Rounded vault forming roof
coffered · lantern · drum · colonnade · portico · atrium · vestibule · foyer · lobby · gallery
capitol
State legislative building
- statehouseLegislature's headquarters
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
museum · library · government · assembly · Jefferson · inauguration · ceremony · public · gathering · exhibition
majesty
Impressive supreme dignity
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- monumentalityImposing scale and permanence
palatial · stately · imposing · elegance · magnificence · nobility · resplendence · pomp · loftiness · ceremonial
reverberation
Prolonged reflected sound
- echoReflected sound wave
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
amplification · sound · timbre · clarity · loudness · whispering gallery · diffusion · absorption · reflection · murmur
airy
Light and well-ventilated
- voluminousOf great size
- expansiveCovering a large area
- capaciousHaving ample room
roomy · cavernous · open · vast · lofty · soaring · domed · light-filled · echoing · sweeping
circularity
State of being round
- circumferenceCircle's outer measurement
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- ringClosed curve shape
disc · annulus · circlet · wheel · hoop · cylinder · perimeter · radius · diameter · center
- public spacespark, plaza, street, city parks, public parks
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- building featuresentrance, entrances, exits, lobby, lobbies
- building partsfacades, wall, door, windows, floor
- campus featureslibrary, libraries, dorm, dorms, dormitory
- bank architecturebank vaults, marble floors, grand halls, vaults, lobbies