Huge circular windows flood the interior of this funky apartment block in Melbourne with natural light. BKK Architects designed the Cirqua Apartments as a series of staggered volumes that reference ...

Initially, commercial airplanes featured square windows similar to buildings. However, midair disintegrations in the 1950s led engineers to switch to rounded windows. Rounded designs distribute ...

Aeroplane windows are round because they are stronger and safer. When a plane flies high in the sky, there is a lot of pressure inside the plane. Round windows help spread this pressure evenly, so the ...

While some passengers might be too terrified (or sedated) to notice, others may wonder why the windows that line airplane rows are round. Windows in the home are rectangular; car partitions are angled ...

One of the questions you might have been idly wondering as you sat through your most recent flight is why are aeroplane windows always round? Is it a design choice on the part of the airlines? Or is ...

A wooden shutter slides to uncover the target-shaped window of a brick building in France by architects Boman that provides facilities for an archery range. Called Archery House, the building is ...

Although there are many architectural terms and definitions to describe round openings, oculus offers the richest and most interesting history. Oculus is Latin for eye or optic. Dating back to ancient ...