This intricate ceiling is part of the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, designed by architect Walter Burley Griffin. The Capitol Theatre of Melbourne is a building located on Swanston Street, opposite the Melbourne Town Hall. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Walter Burley Griffin November 24, 1876 &ndash February 11, 1937) was a US Architect and Landscape architect,

A ceiling is an overhead interior surface that bounds the upper limit of a room. A room, in Architecture, is any distinguishable space within a structure It is generally not a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof structure above.

A cathedral ceiling is any tall ceiling area similar to those in a church. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral

A dropped ceiling is one in which the finished surface is constructed anywhere from a few inches to several feet below the structure above it. In Construction and Architecture, a dropped Ceiling, also referred to as a drop or suspended ceiling, is used as a secondary This may be done for aesthetic purposes, such as achieving a desirable ceiling height; or practical purposes such as providing a space for HVAC or piping. HVAC (pronounced either "H-V-A-C" or occasionally " H-vak " is an Initialism or Acronym that stands for " Heating For other uses see Pipe. Within Industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey Fluids ( Liquids and An inverse of this would be a raised floor. A raised floor (also raised flooring) is a type of Floor used in Office buildings (such as IT Data centers with a high requirement

A concave or barrel shaped ceiling is curved or rounded, usually for visual or acoustical value, while a coffered ceiling is divided into a grid of recessed square or octagonal panels, also called a lacunar ceiling. A coffer (or coffering) in Architecture, is a sunken panel in the shape of a square rectangle or Octagon in a Ceiling, Soffit or This page is a glossary of architecture. A Aisle - subsidiary space alongside the body of a building separated from it by columns piers or

The roof of Wells Cathedral

Stretched ceiling

Ceilings have frequently been decorated with fresco painting, mosaic tiles and other surface treatments. Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Many historic buildings have celebrated ceilings, perhaps the most famous is the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512 is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime One of them by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all

Other meanings

• In Aviation the word ceiling is used to describe the height of clouds covering more than half the sky, (see also: flight ceiling). A flight ceiling is the upper altitudinal limit at which any aircraft may fly given its mechanical abilities
• In economics, the word "ceiling" is used to describe a governmentally-mandated upper limit. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Examples include the ceiling on gasoline prices set by the Venezuelan government or the ceiling on Savings and Loan interest rates formerly set by the United States government.

See also

• Tin ceiling
• Stretch ceiling
• Dropped ceiling
• Coffered ceiling
• Luminous ceiling
• Camp ceiling

• Painted ceiling
• Beam ceiling
• Hammerbeam roof
• Ceiling function (mathematical)
• Moulding (decorative)