The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...
Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban was a big fan of neoclassical design. He was also fond of putting three varieties of column — the Ionic, Doric and Corinthian — on the buildings he designed. Here ...
The three main architectural styles used for temples in ancient Greece were the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian classical orders.
A Trump-appointed federal arts official is proposing to replace the White House's well-known Ionic columns with the more ornate Corinthian style long favored by President Donald Trump, The Washington ...