Robert Rich, Peter Rich Architects In a basement workshop, John Ochsendorf stands beneath a thin layer of bricks mortared into a sinuous overhead arch that ... the timbrel, an ancient musical ...

Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

Ancient American geological formation, the Double Arch, suddenly collapsed on Wednesday, the National Parks Service said. Also known as the Toilet Bowl and the Hole in the Roof, the natural ...

4, 2024, as workers on site with cranes gather up fragments and secure broken areas of the arch after lightning struck it during a storm Tuesday, Sept. 3, loosening fragments from the ancient ...