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Recent Examples of architrave
Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room.
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Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 May 2025
The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
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Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society.
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Irene Dominioni,
Forbes,
20 Apr. 2021
The 59-foot-high structure, topped with an architrave, is made from marble from Mount Pentelicus, also used for the Parthenon.
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History Magazine,
3 Dec. 2020
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 May 2025
The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society.
—
Irene Dominioni,
Forbes,
20 Apr. 2021
The 59-foot-high structure, topped with an architrave, is made from marble from Mount Pentelicus, also used for the Parthenon.
—
History Magazine,
3 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for architrave
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In the Forum’s main lobby, easily overlooked, a 175-foot aluminum frieze by Chicago artist Theaster Gates, using photos of city life from the Johnson Publishing archives.
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The artist Theaster Gates, who has paid tribute to Black life and Black beauty in the center’s Forum building with a frieze of archival images from Ebony and Jet magazines, is also a neighbor to the center with his cultural revitalization projects through the Rebuild Foundation.
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The original brick and limestone trim has been cleaned, and the architects have restored the substantial copper cornice on the front face of the building.
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Why One Designer Loves Cornice Headboards Some designers absolutely love the look of a cornice headboard and the frills that come with it.
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Some of the vast spaces have been given playful new roles: there's a Powder Room of epic proportions; the grand balcony under the entablature is now a huge smoking terrace; and the new bar on the second floor stretches the entire depth of the building.
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There are other stops on the tour: the great room, which also features marble columns and marble entablatures, enhanced by wooden moldings and ceilings.
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Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.
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And then this pilaster rising up.
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Images of the Venezuelan capital taken late yesterday show panic and destruction from the impact of twin earthquakes.
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Opponents argue agencies could avoid some of the service cuts officials have warned about by pausing capital improvement projects, including extensions.
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In a report made public on Monday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South was triggered in early June 2021 when two connections between garage columns and the condominium’s pool deck failed.
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In this illustration for a gossip column printed sometime in 1831-2, the writer George Sand is on the protective, even chivalrous arm of a man, but she’s also dressed in men’s clothes.
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The silhouette featured an almond toe, moderate block heel and leg-hugged shaft with corset-set like lacing along it.
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Loss of control can occur when the signal between the vehicle's transmission output shaft speed sensor and the powertrain control module is lost, causing the vehicle to shift gears unexpectedly.
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“Architrave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architrave. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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