Architecture Group G
Architecture Highlights: A GBD Microsite
“Architecture never derived its force from stability of culture, but rather from the expression of those moments when that sense of stability slipped.”
Mark Wigley
Above: A series of arches, from left to right: 1. Interlacing cusped and horse-shoe arches in combination. 2. Superimposed pointed arches with elaborate cuspings. 3. Interlaced arches composed of cusps, points and rounds. 4. Superimposed arches, a horseshoe arch above a multi-foil cusped arch.
Arch:
A curved member that is used to span an opening and to support loads from above.
Cusp:
The intersections of lobed or scalloped forms, particularly in arches (cusped arches) and in tracery.
Point:
The prime element in the vocabulary of form. From a conceptual standpoint, it has neither width, length, or depth.
