Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Curves of the City - Slide Show - NYTimes.com

Curves of the City - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
Guastavino Vaulting at Boston Public Library
Rafael Guastavino was a Spanish brickmason who developed a technique for building masonry vaulting that was based on medieval masonry methods. Many public buildings in Boston and New York have examples of his work. Here is a wonderful slide show from the NYT on some Guastavino arches in NYC.

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