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West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Structural columns
1994Columns to support the arches in the cross-walls; low columns with simple capitals resting on the thick walls. Arriving at the proper shape and size of the column capital was an arduous process, since the arches are low, with their curvature starting just above head height .
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Wholeness as a Tangible and Objective Quality: The Mirror of the Self
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Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials
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