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Miss A. D. BETTS, Thorn Cottage, Byways, Berk-hamsted, Herts, writes to suggest that the fluted columns of Greek architecture were copied from plant stems, such as those of an umbelliferous plant.

Pillars of the architectural community for thousands of years, columns still play vitally important supporting roles in home design. Whether load-bearing and structural or merely decorative ...

This Hollywood Regency residence, set on half an acre on Beverly Hills’ Alpine Drive, has the fluted columns, parquet wood floors and romancing details distinctive of the style popularized by ...

Before installing the trendy design in your own home, it's important to note one significant caveat: These islands are ...

Columns, capitals and their respective bases have long endured the test of evolving architectural styles and interpretations. Although the classical orders of architecture can be traced to ancient ...

Barely bigger than a phone booth, they're the smallest houses in San Francisco. There's a Victorian embellished with ornate gold leaf, fluted columns and heavy crown molding. A sleek modern ...

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Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of ruinous columns at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, and the nearby landscape. Four ancient, broken, and fluted columns extend horizontally across ...

It was used as paper and the reed's shape inspired the fluted columns of ancient Greece. Most of the papyrus swamps gradually disappeared from Egypt and other parts of Africa.