Hypostyle Arrivals Hall at Terminal 3 of the Ben Gurion International Airport ...
Spanish UNIFIL soldiers then handed him a model of the Hypostyle Hall of the Mosque of
Spanish premier highlights need for peace during visit to Lebanon by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) ...
Hypostyle Hall, Philae Temple of Isis, Egypt
Nubia, Temple of Dendur, Egypt
Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt ...
Hypostyle - A hall or other large space over which the roof is supported by rows of columns like a forest.
Hypotrachelium - The groove round a Doric column between the shaft and the necking.
Architecture Glossary ...
but may be plain GABLE: the triangular upper portion of a wall at the end of a pitched roof corresponding to a pediment in classical architecture HOGYO ROOF: a square, pyramidal roof with curved ears common in Japanese architecture HYPOSTYLE: a hall ...
Initially the mosque would have been covered with a flat hypostyle roof but it is now covered with shallow brick domes. Stylistically the most important feature of the plan is the way the entrance is positioned at an angle to the main building.
At Guell Park, an upper staircase leads to the entrance of the "Doric Temple" or "Hypostyle Hall." The columns are hollow and serve as storm drain pipes. To maintain a feeling of space, Gaudí left out some of the columns.
Temples were therefore built within walled enclosures, their great columned halls (hypostyles) turning inwards, from a distance appearing only as a mass of sheer masonry.
House - Building for dwelling, a dwelling place.
Hut - A small or mean house, a temporary building.
Hypostyle Hall - Grand hall in which the roof is supported on pillars running the length of the central space.
 See also: Architecture, House, Hall, Temple, Decorated
  
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