To the left, the inn of the Red Horse showed its roof over a double row of elms, its dormer windows with their pulleys, while under the foliage the gateway was to be seen wide open.
He was, once again, looking down into a room as though through a circular window in the ceiling . . . in fact, unless he was much mistaken, he was looking down into the Great Hall.
However, the challenge of bringing light and ventilation in was one that we were aware of and so by making these platforms of concrete that floated, also pulling some light in from above through slots of skylight.
The rotunda is truly stunning: marble columns and walls, a stained glass skylight overhead and, at the center, a bronze statue of three muses, Art, History and Science, holding up a glowing orb.
Other people called it a " floating palace" . Titanic had every possible luxury -- fine wood paneling, crystal and gold light fixtures, and a grand staircase with a skylight above it.
In a fountain in the center of the entryway stood a bronze dolphin balancing on its tail, its snout pointed to the lofty domed, stained glass skylight forty feet above.