Architecture pilasters

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Have you asked a question yet on our new website feature called Ask OMS? As a reminder, the purpose of Ask OMS is for you to post your questions related to architecture, and then we’ll provide the answers.  Since, we commonly get asked questions about architectural terminology, we’re continuing to provide you with a new definitions.

This week’s word is Pilaster.

Definition: A shallow pier or rectangular column projecting only slightly from a wall and, in classical architecture, conforming with one of the orders.

Definition source:  The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture by John Fleming; Hugh Honour and Nikolaus Pevsner; Penguin Books Ltd. 3rd Edition, 1983.