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Arches

The arch as modern architecture: horseshoe, pointed, ogee, cusped and round openings drawn as colour-blocked studies of plaster, shadow and southern light.

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A shaded gallery recedes into the distance, its round arches opening onto a row of cypresses and bright sand while patches of sun fall across the floor.ArcadeNo. 1
A pointed doorway stepped back in five bands of terracotta, ochre and plaster, each casting a crisp shadow on the next.PortalNo. 2
A single round arch in a lime-plaster wall, open to a pale sky and a low ochre sun.Sky FrameNo. 3
A freestanding terracotta horseshoe arch stands in late sun, throwing a long shadow across the floor and up a plaster wall.Long ShadowNo. 4
Round, pointed and horseshoe arches overlap like coloured glass, their crossings forming new deeper tones.OverlapNo. 5
A white stair climbs a warm clay wall and ends at an arched doorway full of sky.AscentNo. 6
A horseshoe doorway in a deep terracotta room opens onto a bright courtyard, and the sun lays a long band of light across the floor.ThresholdNo. 7
A pointed horseshoe window in a pale clay wall looks out over a garden wall to two palms against the sky.Palm WindowNo. 8
A round-arched window in a sand-coloured wall shows only sky and a flat blue sea.HorizonNo. 9
An ochre façade of slender columns and round arches at midday, the loggias behind in deep shade and a strip of sun on the floor.Noon ColonnadeNo. 10
Pointed windows above and horseshoe doorways below stack up a courtyard façade, half caught in a sharp diagonal shadow.RiadNo. 11
A round arch cut from a solid terracotta field, revealing plaster and a soft wedge of shadow.Cut OutNo. 12
An eleven-lobed arch set in an ochre frame opens into a shaded passage with a sunlit doorway at the far end.Cusped GateNo. 13
Rows of plaster ogee arches with ochre niches repeat across a terracotta ground.Ogee RepeatNo. 14
A single keyhole arch in a deep olive wall, framing a low sun as it meets a flat blue sea.KeyholeNo. 15
Two horseshoe arches share a slender column inside a rectangular plaster frame, set in a terracotta wall.Twin WindowNo. 16
A tall pointed arch in a dark olive wall frames a dusk sky and a thin crescent moon.New MoonNo. 17
Five walls in clay, rose and sand stand one behind another, each pierced by an arch that frames the next.LayersNo. 18
A white pavilion with a pointed arch stands at the edge of a blue pool, mirrored in the water below.Still WaterNo. 19
Double tiers of horseshoe and round arches with red and white voussoirs rise from slender columns into a dark hall.Double ArchesNo. 20
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