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Colonnade
It's all about column space with this outdoor or indoor structure
Houzz
January 1, 2000
A colonnade is a series of evenly spaced columns that create an outdoor room. It can be attached to a building or freestanding, and it can have a roof or not.
The tapered stone columns on the left supporting the tile roof of this outdoor room are in a colonnade.
Colonnades can be at the facade of a building, freestanding, or, as in this case, in an interior creating an atrium.
Here is an example of an interior colonnade.
This is an example of an ancient-Greek-style colonnade, though it is a folly. If it were attached to an entrance of a building, it would be called a portico.
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