A magnificent rotunda as carriage concourse projected from the front of the building, and in 1903 a great single-span train-shed, the last to be built in the United States, was added behind.

Standing in the great central court, one looks up the three stories of the magnificent rotunda to a dome whose outer rim is painted with the signs of the zodiac and whose center is an eye of stained glass worthy of Tiffany.

Exhibited on two floors beyond the magnificent, oval-shaped central rotunda will be selections from George Gustav Heye's collection of American Indian artifacts, which will move down from the Bronx in 1993.

It shows a progress from the imposing outdoor entrance colonnade of tall Corinthian columns through an unfussy rectangular hall to a magnificent central domed rotunda, elaborately decorated with coffered ceiling, friezes and statuary.

It was through the planning of the magnificent rotunda of roses in the Villa's garden that the Roseninsel, previously called Wörth, earned its name.

Still, one could see that the courthouse was actually a gorgeous old pile, endowed with all the attributes that even notorious grafters considered mandatory for a civic building in the 19th century - a magnificent central rotunda, a beautiful cage elevator and spacious, high-ceilinged rooms.

Nothing, not even familiarity with Mr. Gehry's buildings, can prepare you for the impact of seeing his work in Frank Lloyd Wright's magnificent rotunda.

Only the fire-charred tower, with its magnificent rotunda and spiral staircase, remains of this once-vast institution.

Aside from architectural distinction, a fine location and much needed space, the courthouse also boasts a magnificent central rotunda, one of the finest interior spaces in any public building in the city.

Their profile is softened by a summer haze under a magnificent rotunda of sky where the gift of a breeze is blowing fibrous clouds around as if to vary the mix of light and shadow.