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saucer dome

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saucer dome
A dome that is very shallow; its radius of curvature of the dome is very large compared with its rise.


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There is further homage to Soane in the SCR antechamber designed in 1980 with a shallow saucer dome by the distinguished architectural historian Howard Colvin, a fellow of the college.
Light is funnelled into this stygian domain through the central oculus and a pair of saucer domes (imposingly mounted on pendentives in the theatre and the dining room).
 
 
 
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