entablature

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Recent Examples of entablature Early plans, according to Smithsonian magazine, included an entablature with a short history of the country, a staircase, a Hall of Records to include the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the torsos of each president featured. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 July 2025 Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues. Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024 Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above). Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015 The parts of the flows with clear columns are called the colonnade while the areas where the columns are less-than-perfect or absent are the entablature. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015 Columns in the Takachicho-kyo Gorge in Japan, showing the colonnade and entablature common in these columnar jointed basalt flows. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015 The luxurious Breakfast Room’s fireplace ensemble, including Roman Doric columns supporting an exquisite entablature, is as brilliantly designed, if not as eye-catching, as the Banquet Hall’s triple fireplace. Catesby Leigh, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022 Bas reliefs on the entablature feature important thinkers such as Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2021 Those ornamental capitals on top of columns were a way to muffle the violence of a vertical pillar piercing into a horizontal beam or entablature. Anne Quito, Quartz, 19 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entablature
Noun
  • High-relief friezes and stone mosaics of human figures suggest Gran Pajatén’s central cultural role.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
  • At his Yale School of Architecture, casts of antique friezes line the walls of the stark interior, togaed statuary poised under the great central skylight.
    Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • But in recent weeks, sometime after March, a series of ornate gold medallions—originally affixed to the ceiling cornice—have started to appear elsewhere in the room, as if the unique piece of decor were multiplying itself.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
  • The warehouse features a striking decorative concrete cornice made up of rectangles and squares.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
  • The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Consequential Consensus Whether prophetic or destined for technology's unfulfilled promises museum, the San Francisco Consensus is already redirecting capital flows and strategic priorities.
    Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • The city is already making cuts, such as by not filling open positions and by stopping capital projects that are not absolutely required, Laesch said.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • This is Fortune 500 Power Moves, a weekly column tracking executive shifts—from appointments and promotions to resignations and retirements—within the highest ranks of Fortune 500 companies.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
  • Since losing his race for state office in 1972, Jim Nowlan has worked for three unindicted Illinois governors, published a newspaper and written 700 newspaper columns.
    Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Looky-loo tourists with selfie sticks constantly stream past the white-on-white high-Victorian façade of pediments, pilasters, and cast iron.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
  • The original door frames with fluted pilasters and elaborate casings were stripped down and restored throughout the 42-foot-long space.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • According to the brand, fewer than 10% of women are backed by sponsors, and the You Sponsored initiative was created to award 10 women custom deals to amplify their dreams across three pillars: opportunity (the recipients will receive $20,000 in funding), connections and visibility.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • Hendrix’s towering and well-maintained monument includes a stone dome with pillars, a giant steel guitar and a portrait of him etched in granite.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • In addition to a waterproof exterior, the boots have a grippy outer sole and adjustable buckle on the 16-inch calf shaft.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 13 July 2025
  • She’s sponsored by LA GOLF, the company that supplies Bryson DeChambeau’s shafts.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025

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“Entablature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entablature. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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