Modern Examples
There are numerous contemporary examples of barrel vault design in Victorian and modern architecture, including:
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, City Hall Banquet room with barrel vault ceiling 1896-1906, Donegal Square
- Huntington Bank Building, Cleveland, Ohio, 1924 design
- Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, spanning a width of 174 feet.
- Melbourne, Australia, Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre, made of polycarbonate
- The Indiana University new library
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