Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Clustered column


A number of columns which are grouped together and physically connected so they act as a single structural element

Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire

Examples from Buffalo architecture:

Other examples:


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