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Recent Examples of cornice
These buildings followed the example of an extruded Renaissance palazzo with a prominent roof cornice set by McKim, Mead & White’s 998 Fifth Avenue of 1910.
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David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
The building is clad in glazed terra-cotta and limestone, with plenty of Beaux Arts decorative elements such as oriel windows, cornices, and moldings that reward a closer look.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024
Parapets, spires, towers, and geometric cornices create multi-dimensional rooflines.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
Feminine touches of peach and more custom cornice boxes, using fabric from Eskayel, pop against the vibrant greenery outside the windows.
—Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024
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David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
The building is clad in glazed terra-cotta and limestone, with plenty of Beaux Arts decorative elements such as oriel windows, cornices, and moldings that reward a closer look.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024
Parapets, spires, towers, and geometric cornices create multi-dimensional rooflines.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
Feminine touches of peach and more custom cornice boxes, using fabric from Eskayel, pop against the vibrant greenery outside the windows.
—Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornice
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Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Why wouldn’t the owner take the time to up-light the friezes?—
Sage Jessica Murphy,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Nov. 2024
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Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.—
Claudia Williams,
Architectural Digest,
6 Aug. 2024
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Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above).—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
2 Feb. 2015
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Drench a Room in Color Paint the whole room lavender, walls, doors, architraves, fireplaces, and all; the effect is brilliantly bold and ultra-contemporary, as evidenced by Sawyers’ Dupont Circle project.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 May 2023
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The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society.—
Irene Dominioni,
Forbes,
20 Apr. 2021
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Photo by David Di Gregorio Guyana New direct flights from New York and Miami and rapid development in the country’s capital, Georgetown, are making this remote South American country more accessible.—
Becca Blond,
AFAR Media,
5 Feb. 2025
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General view of the City of London skyline, the capital’s financial district, in October.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.—
John Oseid,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
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The highway district ordered an emergency closure Friday after an evaluation revealed that the bridge, which connects Southeast Boise to Harris Ranch and the Barber Valley, had widespread decay in nearly half of the bridge’s pillars, which could result in a catastrophic collapse.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Feb. 2025
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These two programs are part of AHF’s four pillars, representing education and specialization, respectively.—
Kara Markley Sterling,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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This column originally ran in the Washington Free Beacon.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
1 Feb. 2025
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Two sharp non-Padres scouts, speaking in this column at the time, predicted that Cease would have a better season than reigning Cy Young award winner Blake Snell.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Mirrors expand the look of spaces, such as this option that resembles styles from pricier mall brands and features an ornate arch and gold border.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The reception beyond it, however, is minimalist, with soothing straight lines to temper the flair of the original rounded arches.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Cornice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornice. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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