Plate XXXV. Rectangular Interiors with Central Domical Coverings

Plate XXXV. — A rectangular plan for an apartment forming a junction between a group of apartments has of necessity to make provision for lighting from the top. No. I shows how this can be effected, and it admits of a pleasant architectural interpretation of its purpose in a vertical direction. No. II shows an effective treatment for a rectangular apartment in which top-lighting becomes auxiliary to partial side lighting. It is also an original solution of the difficult problem of introducing a domed feature in the centre of a flat ceiling. Plan No. III shows a variation of the preceding example with an Order introduced as a feature standing clear of the end walls. Nos. IV and V show a method of lighting a rectangular galleried hall by means of a circular dome carried on pendentives and short lengths of barrel vaulting. This motive was successfully used in the original booking hall of Euston Station, London, but has been altered beyond recognition.