Unlike exterior columns, interior columns can stick out like sore thumbs. Acting like visual barriers, they block clear lines of sight across a room or simply take up space. But if they are structural ...

Architect Ismail Rayek discusses columns' dual structural and aesthetic role, offering innovative solutions to mitigate their intrusive presence and turn them into a design focal point. Columns serve ...

Tiled roofs, thick stucco walls, large windows, arches, columns, and courtyards — the building specifications of Mediterranean architecture not only please the eye, but they also serve a function in ...