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Recent Examples of cornice
New plaster cornice and classical overdoor detail create focal points in the entry.
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Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
Rising above the great staircase is a builder’s catalogue of pilasters, cornices, corners, lion’s heads, dentils, robed muses, medallions, scrolls, and arched niches.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
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Period elements such as detailed cornices and a grand staircase highlight the foyer.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
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.
—David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
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Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
Rising above the great staircase is a builder’s catalogue of pilasters, cornices, corners, lion’s heads, dentils, robed muses, medallions, scrolls, and arched niches.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
By Demetrius Simms Snap-Shot Photography Photo : Snap-Shot Photography
Period elements such as detailed cornices and a grand staircase highlight the foyer.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
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.
—David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornice
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Note, too, the gold mosaic frieze designed by artist Walter Crane, and shipped over piece by piece from Venice.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
22 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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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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More Deebo Samuel news: 49ers Send Star WR Deebo Samuel to Commanders in Blockbuster Trade Samuel will take his talents to the nation's capital and look to take the Commanders to the next level after an excellent year for the young Washington team.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Small-caps — which Fidelity defines as companies with market values between $300 million and $2 billion — typically have fewer financial resources, limited access to capital, and often rely heavily on debt.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 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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There he is befriended by Tommy, a seeming pillar of the community.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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Germany could be one of the countries most exposed to tariffs if they are implemented as exports are a key pillar for its economy.—
Chloe Taylor,Sawdah Bhaimiya,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Krista Kafer,
The Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2025
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The structure was drafted by a stage designer before being realized by an architect, a choice that’s reflected in some of its fanciful elements (some of which contemporary architects dismissed as kitsch) like frescoes, Romanesque arches, Gothic delicacy and whiffs of Art Nouveau foreshadowing.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Any artist who has had an early career arch like Tate’s should be thrilled not only to top the Billboard 200 but to have journeyed to the summit.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Cornice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornice. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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