About this asset

Featuring alternating bichrome voussoirs, this oriental arched opening Revit family introduces a traditional masonry portal into hosted wall systems. The opening is characterised by a slender pointed arch framed in an ablaq-style polychrome stone surround. Alternating courses of light grey and charcoal masonry accentuate the jambs and radiating voussoirs around the arch head. Above the extrados, the stone frame extends into an integrated rectangular head panel featuring an arched central crest. The geometry functions as a through-wall aperture without an operable leaf or threshold, presenting clean rectangular reveals that cut neatly into host masonry. Its tall, narrow proportions reflect classic Middle Eastern and North African portal architecture.

The download is a 328 KB file containing a Revit family (.rfa). Load it into a project from the Insert tab with Load Family, then place it like any other component of its category; it schedules and tags with the rest of your model.

As a wall-hosted Revit component, the family inserts directly into any standard or composite wall assembly, automatically cutting the necessary aperture. Users can position the portal in plan or elevation views, adjusting sill and head heights to match floor levels. Surface subcategories allow flexible material mapping across the contrasting stone stripes and wall faces for consistent rendering and section graphics.

Suited to historic restorations, cultural centres, themed hospitality resorts, and traditional residential courtyard houses, this portal suits schemes requiring authentic vernacular detailing. It coordinates smoothly with stone colonnades, patterned mashrabiya panels, vaulted ceilings, and clay paver flooring. Specifiers and BIM coordinators search for this element when detailing Islamic architecture portals, ablaq masonry entrances, pointed arch door openings, or ornate pedestrian corridor passages in heritage developments.