Rotundas are around buildings or rooms, sometimes with a domed roof. The word “rotunda” has its origins in the Latin word “rotonda,” meaning “around”; those structures became popular in medieval Central Europe. Curves in structure consistently require just angled cuts and additional materials and technology, so these major feats of structure were initially utilized in churches, libraries, government buildings, museums and halls as showpieces.
Siemasko + Verbridge
Rotundas have cylindrical walls and most commonly a domed roof. Dormers are bumped into the domed ceiling of the rotunda to let light in.
Deep River Partners
Cove lights circle the dome of the rotunda, and pin lights create a starry-sky effect.
Colleen Brett
A semicircular domed or vaulted space off a main structure of a building is known as an apse. Apses are seen in churches.
Christopher D. Marshall Architect
Although the ceiling is not domed, this room can nevertheless be thought of as a rotunda since the walls are somewhat cylindrical.
Neuhaus Design Architecture, P.C.
This rotunda has a metal domed roof that is comparable to an onion roof.
omnidome
These duplex homes wouldn’t be known as rotundas, since the walls aren’t cylindrical; they’re spherical.