5. B’nai Zion Temple. 1915/4 Corinthian columns. Gorgeous and serious Greek Revival. Someday, someday this Jewish house of worship, forlorn for decades, will become a Temple of The Performing Arts.

Columns, capitals and their respective bases have long endured the test of evolving architectural styles and interpretations.

Almost everywhere you go in modern society, you can behold any one of the three types of Ancient Greek pillars: ‘Doric’, ‘Ionic’, and ‘Corinthian’. From the Ionic pillars outside the ...

Its most identifiable element is a colossal Greek temple front employing the details of the Doric, Ionic or Corinthian order, with columns supporting a full entablature and a low pitch pediment.

Doric-style columns in the Greek Cultural Garden Zachary Smith, Cleveland.com. This is part of the ongoing series of stories exploring Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens and the communities each ...

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.

By the mid-1800s, Greek Revival became the predominant style of architecture in the U.S. and was deemed the “National Style.” It was distinguished by simple, elegant lines, stateliness ...

The temple features a central hall with an adjoining kitchen, but the true wonder reflecting the remarkable Greek architecture is found in the master bedroom, which includes massive Doric columns.

This discovery sheds new light on the origins and urban development of the polis and provides crucial data for understanding the evolution of Doric architecture in Poseidonia and Magna Graecia. The ...