List of octagonal buildings and structures

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Plan of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
The Tower of the Winds in Athens

Octagon buildings and structures are characterized by an octagonal plan form, whether a perfect geometric octagon or a regular eight-sided polygon with approximately equal sides.

The oldest known octagon-shaped building[citation needed] is the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece, which was constructed circa 300 B.C. Octagon houses were popularized in the United States in the mid-19th century and there are too many to list here, see instead List of octagon houses. There are also octagonal houses built in other times and cultures.

Below is a list of octagonal buildings and structures worldwide, excluding houses and windmills.

Australia[]

  • The office pods of Callam Offices in Canberra
  • Chinaman's Hat an octagonal gazebo-like structure in the South Channel of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.
  • The Octagon Theatre at the University of Western Australia.
  • The old site of Hotel Saville in South Yarra, Melbourne, now unofficially referred to as The Blocktagon, which was renovated into a residential dwelling made up of six octagonal apartments during the eleventh season of reality show The Block.
  • Nauru House 80 Collins St, Melbourne, Vic

Canada[]

At least 19 historic octagon houses are known to exist in Canada distributed across 4 eastern provinces.[1] For a list of these houses, See: List of octagon houses. In Canada, the octagon house craze also engendered an octagonal deadhouse phenomenon. This included octagonal deadhouses, pre-burial edifices, built in the mid to late 1800s along Yonge Street in south-central Ontario, from just north of Toronto to Aurora.

China[]

Egypt[]

Ethiopia[]

Germany[]

Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen

Greece[]

Hungary[]

  • Rumbach Street synagogue, Budapest

Iran[]

Israel[]

Italy[]

New Zealand[]

  • The Octagon, the former Trinity Congregational Church in Christchurch, New Zealand

Norway[]

Dverberg Church with memorial for fishermen who lost their lives at sea
Main article: Octagonal churches in Norway

Portugal[]

  • Charola, Portuguese Info on the Chapel of the Convent of Christ.

Singapore[]

Spain[]

View of the Octagonal Tower at the Alcazar in Jerez

Sweden[]

United Kingdom[]

Wells Cathedral plan, showing the octagonal chapter house (top)

United States[]

Main article: List of octagonal buildings and structures in the United States

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Kline, Robert V. "Inventory of Older Octagon, Hexagon, and Round Houses". rvkline. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  2. ^ Ousby, Ian, Blue Guide: England, 11th ed. 1995, various pages, London: A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3874-5; New York: WW Norton ISBN 0-393-31340-9
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