Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile
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Since the time of ancient Rome, architects, engineers, and builders have struggled with the problem of building domed ceilings over large spaces. No one was more skilled at this than the Rafael Guastavino family, a father and son team of Spanish immigrants who oversaw the construction of thousands of spectacular thin-tile vaults across the United States between the 1880s and the 1950s. These versatile, strong, and fireproof vaults were built by Guastavino in more than two hundred major buildings in Manhattan, and in hundreds more across the country, including Grand Central Terminal, Carnegie Hall, the Biltmore Estate, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Registry Hall at Ellis Island, and many major university buildings.
Transcript of Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile
princeton architectural press
new york
John Ochsendorf
PhOtOgraPhs by Michael FreeMan
ChaPTER OnE36
M e d ite rr an e an o ri g i ns 37
ChApter t wo56
Toward Th e BosTo n Pu B l i c l i B r ary, 1881–92 57
chapter three68
Fig. 3.7
central congregational
church, circular window at the
base of the dome
Fig. 3.8
Guastavino vaulted entrance
Fig. 3.9 (opposite)
Dome
th e Su cce S S o f th e Gua Stavi n o co m pan y, 1893 – 190 8 69
chapter three88
Fig. 3.33 (above)
city hall Subway Station,
tile vaulting
Fig. 3.34 (opposite, top)
Detail of tile arch
Fig. 3.35 (opposite, bottom)
tile arches
Fig. 3.36 (overleaf)
polychrome glazed tile
and skylight
