18 Awe-Inspiring Homes With Barrel-Vaulted Ceilings

Built in the early twentieth century, this Barcelona apartment had been renovated and partitioned into small rooms connected by shadowy hallways. In order to modernize the apartment for a family of four, Carles Enrich had to reverse the effects of those intrusive renovations. The team started by "erasing the envelope," stripping the walls, floors, and ceiling of their lackluster finishes, and uncovering the beautiful, shallow-arched Catalan vaults. During construction, the crew managed to save and reuse 90 percent of the existing brick and cement tiles, relocating the latter to create beautiful floor mosaics. They painted the brick of the vaulted ceilings white to focus attention on the floors.