Guess the Architecture for 1/20/2018

I would have never guessed a granary....

Dome with stairway to top....haha

The way he gets those so fast you'd think he and Maggie were sharing a pair of Forward Observer walkie talkies.

Looks like a palindrome to me with a way to get to the top.

Starts with B. ends with B and often is used to describe most members of this forum.

Ahh somewhere your friend lives a... palindome

SolarEagle was correct this week in guessing that this building was Golghar, meaning round (gol) house (ghar) in Hindi. While Golghar, a grain store designed by Captain John Garstin in 1786, can be depicted simply, it turns out to be much more peculiar as its story is told.

The grain store has never actually been used to store grain. In fact, even when it was constructed, many were questioning whether granaries were an effective method for preventing famine. Golghar, in particular, is described as being oddly designed and as having ignored more than a few necessary design considerations. The building was intended to be filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, much like the cylindrical granaries that have become standard. Surprisingly, the dome-shaped building actually has a cylindrical grain-storage area inside. Critics of the design point out that including so much unnecessary space surrounding the cylinder calls into question the intended use of the space. Even if the whole space were to be filled with grain, the doors at the bottom would not be able to function, as they open in.

One paper posited that the holding of grain was actually the second function of Golghar; the first being a monument of the colonial government to display its dominance – literally, as the dome measures 40 meters across at the base and 29 meters tall – and to indicate the government’s determination to preventing the reoccurrence of famine.

Source: Wikimedia Commons