astylar: without columns.
atlantes: male sculptured figures used as supports.
atrium: (1) the inner court of a Roman house, open to the sky; (2) an open court in front of an Early Christian church.
Astylar - Classical facade without columns or pilasters.
Asymmetrical - Not reflective about an axis; opposite to symmetrical.
Astylar
- term used to describe a facade that has no columns pilasters, or similar vertical features.
Astylar - Facade without columns or pilasters
Atrium - (plural: atria) inner court of a Roman or C20 house; in a multi-storey building, a toplit covered court rising through all storeys.
Architectural terms abutment or abuttal, architectonic, architectonics, architectural, astylar, bolster, bracket, castellated or castled, cinquecento, cloistered, colossal or giant, composite, cradling, crenellate or (U.S.) crenelate, denticulate, ...
Most of the Renaissance Revival buildings are designed without columns, and these are called astylar; they follow the palazzo design.
Classical moulding of semicircular section. Also (Scots) glazing bar between window panes.Astylar
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phase of neoclassicism is expressed in the "Louis XVI style" of architects like Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Petit Trianon, 1762-68); the second phase, in the styles called Directoire and "Empire", might be characterized by Jean Chalgrin's severe astylar ...
 See also: Gothic, Architecture, Roman, Ornament, Classical
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