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  2. Baluster - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of a baluster column in the article "Anglo-Saxon Architecture" in the Archaeological Journal, Volume 1 (1845) The baluster, being a turned structure, tends to follow design precedents that were set in woodworking and ceramic practices, where the turner's lathe and the potter's wheel are ancient tools. The profile a baluster takes is ...

  3. United States Customhouse (Portland, Oregon) - Wikipedia

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    A grand cast-iron stairway extends from the center of the first floor to the fourth floor, featuring marble treads, double balusters with spiral and acanthus ornamentation, paneled stringers and soffits, and a molded oak handrail. Originally, windows at the landings opened into a light court, which was covered with solid panels in 1949, leaving ...

  4. Peristasis (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The peristasis (Ancient Greek: περίστασις) was a four-sided porch or hallway of columns surrounding the cella (naos) in an ancient Greek peripteral temple. This allowed priests to pass round the cella (along a pteron) in cultic processions. If such a hall of columns surrounds a patio or garden, it is called a peristyle rather than a ...

  5. File:Archaeological Journal, Volume 1, 0043b.png - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of a baluster column, figure 4 in the article "Anglo-Saxon Architecture" in the Archaeological Journal, Volume 1 ... File history. Click on a date/time to ...

  6. Stockton B. Colt - Wikipedia

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    The Emmet Building's ornamentation was notable because Barney & Colt tested the limits of terracotta and the skills of the sculptors by calling for "larger-than standard pieces", [5] The crown of the building consists of five-stories "liberally encrusted with Renaissance motifs including baluster columns, elaborate cornices, foliate friezes ...

  7. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    In ecclesial architecture, it is also used of the area between the baluster of a Catholic church and the high altar (what is usually called the sanctuary or chancel). Peristyle A continuous porch of columns surrounding a courtyard or garden (see also Peristasis). In ecclesial architecture, the term cloister is used. Phiale

  8. Black History Month: Columns Museum hosting talk on African ...

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    An event marking Black History Month is planned at The Columns Museum in Milford on Sunday, Feb. 4. In addition to the permanent exhibit about a four-generation African American family living in ...

  9. Chhajja - Wikipedia

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    This features a chhajja formed with multi-foliated arches resting on four baluster columns, creating an extravagant appearance. [ 5 ] Chhajja and other architectural elements that supplement it appear mostly in buildings such as residential, administrative and formal buildings and pavilions.