Doric and Ionic porticoes, cornices and corbels, paterae and aedicules. My favourite is Philbeach Gardens, which curves sinuously and embraces the communal garden at its heart. But the trains ...

Built in Bath stone, the current building has five appliance bays between stylised Doric pilasters with fluted ... of arms of the city of Bath and a cornice above. Internally, original tiled ...

The building retains, also, the twenty-eight mutilated metopes of its exterior, Doric friezes at front and ... when he threw its cornices down to free and extract the sections which he conveyed ...

Just resist the urge to start every sentence with “Well, I do declare…” Columns, cornices, and Southern hospitality galore ... masterpiece that’ll make you want to brush up on your Doric, Ionic, and ...

According to the same writer, the earliest of the Doric columns were merely substitutes for wooden tree trunks that had served the same purpose. It is probable that the fluted column may have ...

For decades, cities and counties across Virginia have had outsized influence and control over what gets built — and where. And as constraints on land development have tightened, the result has ...

LITTLE CURRENT—Doric Lodge No.455 of the Sudbury Manitoulin District Masons are hosting what they hope will become an annual celebration of Scotland’s “Immortal Poet” Robbie Burns. Traditionally ...

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Often, the choice boils down to two options: a cornice and a valance. Both seem similar at first glance, since they hide window hardware components like the pole; however, each solution offers a ...

A wide full-length window and doors with curtains - John Keeble/Getty Images ...