Brownstoner

Making Square Columns Round (w/ comments)

I have four 8 ft square wood columns that are covered with EIFS (stucco-like product). The columns are 2 per side of the house entrance with a small roof/cornice on top. I want to make the columns ...
Business Wire

U.S. Architectural Lighting Expands AXIM Series with Square Contemporary Columns and Bollards for Outdoor Pedestrian Spaces

PALMDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. Architectural Lighting, a leading U.S.-based manufacturer of contemporary outdoor lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the expansion of its AXIM Series ...
China Internet Information Center

Fifty-six columns to leave the square

File photo taken on Sept. 14, 2009 shows the array of Columns of Ethnic Groups Unity, on the east side of Tian'anmen Square, in Beijing. A total of 56 Columns of Ethnic Groups Unity, one of the ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Column strength test

Teaching three-dimensional shapes or geometry? Demonstrate the extraordinary strength of the humble cylinder using ordinary paper and a stack of books. 1. Make four cylinders by wrapping ordinary ...
Birmingham Mail

New Centenary Square lighting columns branded 'silly, tacky and serving no purpose whatsoever'

Work has begun to install 43 lighting columns in Centenary Square as the revamp nears completion - a year behind target and more than 50 per cent over budget. They are part of the scheme envisaged by ...
Hebdo Ahram

Interior Columns: Solutions to turn an intrusive presence into a design focal point

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 ...