Architecture

19th-century domes

Domes built in the 19th century benefited from more efficient techniques for iron production and steel production, as well as advances in structural analysis. Metal-framed domes of the 19th century often imitated earlier masonry dome designs in a variety of styles, especially in church architecture, but were also used to create glass domes over shopping arcades and hothouses, domes over locomotive sheds and exhibition halls, and domes larger than any others in the world. The variety of domed buildings, such as parliaments and capitol buildings, gasometers, observatories, libraries, and churches, were enabled by the use of reinforced concrete ribs, lightweight papier-mâché, and triangulated framing.

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See also

• ▸Architecture of Chicago
• ▸Agave
• ▸Florence Baptistery

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