Vaults have been historically regarded as the ideal structure to span imposing spaces in representative and monumental buildings. Several studies have been devoted to the topic worldwide and cover the evolution of vaulting from antiquity to the progressive abandonment of vaults in the 18th century. However, before the modern movement definitively…

Due to COVID-19, the 7th Annual Conference of the Construction History Society was held online. On 4 April we presented in a live session our contribution: “The Vaults of Saint Therese in Dilbeek (Belgium): Tradition and Innovation in Tile Vaults in the 20th Century”. Thanks…

Rosana Guerra has been visiting researcher at the Department of Architectural Engineering in the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. During 3 weeks, the team has collaborated again in the survey of several 20th century churches in Belgium: Sint-Theresia’s church in Dilbeek, Sainte-Alix in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, the church of…