Reginald Taylor and Lord Fletcher Essay Prize Winner One of the most architecturally stimulating features of the Old Town Bridge Tower in Prague is the net vault over the ground level, designed by Peter Parler. Often assumed to have been built after the net vault of Prague Cathedral’s choir, this article looks more closely at the masonry, the heraldry and the sculptures of the Tower to suggest that the Bridge Tower vault predates the choir vault. After setting this vault as the first net vault in Bohemia, the article examines how this particular formt fits within the evolution of Parlerian vault designs in Prague. In addition, the article explores the larger implications of a design process where smaller spaces are used to experiment and develop new designs before utilising those designs on a larger scale.

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在小型空间中跳跃：布拉格桥塔穹顶的创新设计

雷金纳德·泰勒（Reginald Taylor）和弗莱彻勋爵（Lord Fletcher）杂文奖获得者布拉格老城桥塔最具建筑刺激性的特征之一是地面上的净穹顶，由彼得·帕勒（Peter Parler）设计。通常认为这是在布拉格大教堂唱诗班的净穹顶之后建造的，本文更仔细地研究砖石，纹章和塔楼的雕塑，以表明桥塔穹顶早于唱诗班穹顶。在将该保管库设置为波西米亚的第一个网络保管库之后，本文研究了这种特殊形式如何适应布拉格Parlerian保管库设计的演变。此外，本文还探讨了设计过程的更大含义，在更大规模地利用这些设计空间之前，将较小的空间用于试验和开发新设计。