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The gold standard is the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, where Louis Kahn’s dramatic, barrel-vaulted, light-suffused spaces provide a harmonious setting for the paintings and sculptures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

With its triple-height library and exalting, barrel-vaulted classrooms with huge punched windows overlooking Manhattan, the redesigned ice plant becomes one of the most spectacular school buildings in the city.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

It then passed through several owners until the Joliets bought the property, along with the house, Manoir de la Perrière, and the airy, barrel-vaulted cellar, complete with an imposing medieval wine press.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022

Sunlight pours in from more than 1,000 skylights in the 30-foot barrel-vaulted ceiling, to encourage rehabilitation, remorse and penance, while the outside’s intimidating bulk is meant to deter crime.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

The barrel-vaulted entry was cold and bare, lit by the same harsh light as the Grisha cells in the prison wing.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo