Unlike exterior columns, interior columns can stick out like sore thumbs. Acting like visual barriers, they block clear lines of sight across a room or simply take up space. But if they are structural ...

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 ...

Columns serve two main purposes. Structurally, they bear the load of upper floors or roofs where walls alone cannot support the building. Aesthetically, they can become a central design element when ...