Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Banding

Horizontal subdivisions of a column or wall using a change in profile or change in materials

Banded column: In Renaissance architecture (1420-1550) and derivatives, a column with stone cylinders alternately larger and smaller, alternately plainer and richer in decoration, and/or alternately protruding. The protruding cylinders may be smooth or textured.

Banded pilaster: Horizontal subdivisions in a shallow rectangular column projecting only slightly from a wall

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Example from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Banded column: Ellicott Square Building
  
  
• Ancient Landmarks Society of Masons Lodge / Century Grill
  
  
• Banded engaged pilaster: Buffalo Catholic Institute Public Library / Church of Scientology Buffalo
  
  
• Banded pilaster: Spaulding Building
  
  
• Banded pilaster: 728 Main Street

Other examples:

• Banded column: L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
  
  
• Banded column: Pavilion Denon, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
  
  
• Banded column: Deanery, Cracow (Krakow), Poland