colonnade

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Brainstorming a rescue plan, they recalled the colonnades in the disparate cities of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Moline, Illinois.

From Seattle Times

Pritzker Prize organizers hailed the design, including its “commanding, though discreet, colonnades” and the way it “enables generous views from within and beyond, even through to adjacent buildings and the surrounding urban landscape.”

From Seattle Times

It features a solemn colonnade along with a column atop which a Soviet soldier stands cradling a submachine gun — a structure known to generations of Viennese as the “Monument to the Unknown Looter.”

From Washington Post

With little to lose, he changed his plans, creating a monumental structure layered with imposing arcades, colonnades and flanking pavilions, crowned with a dome and a pedimented tower.

From New York Times

After a partial reopening in 2016, it was closed again in 2020 for the final phase of the work, which included restoration of the frescoes and of the floor and colonnades.

From Seattle Times