West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Coffered ceiling

The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...

Two pages depicting initial sketches of the dining room ceiling.

Two close-up views of the dining room coffered ceiling, in square panels with a rosette at the center of each panel.

View of the dining room focused on one of the arched openings leading into the upper gallery, overlooking the main dining room. Τhe wainscot panelling of the dining room, the wall embedded hand-made tilework on both sides of the ...

Image of the cornice on the ceiling of the dining room foyer and its bay window.

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...