Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Base

The lowest part of a structure, for example, a column

Found in almost all styles of architecture

Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: Forman-Cabana House
  
  
• Knox House

Examples from Europe:

• Erechtheion, Athens, Greece

Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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