18 Awe-Inspiring Homes With Barrel-Vaulted Ceilings

ZEST architecture was asked to create a spacious, welcoming family home from two Barcelona apartments, one above the other. The brief included the creation of both a dedicated music room, suitable for small concerts of chamber music, and a library and study. When the team discovered that the building had been a factory, and that underneath the modern finishes and false ceilings the skeleton of the old vaulted structure still existed, they stripped the apartments from head to toe, embracing the height of the original spaces. Again, the Catalan-vaulted ceilings were painted white, calling attention to the pretty wave pattern of the arches rather than the texture and color of the natural brick.