The temple lacks some optical refinements found in the Parthenon, such as a subtly curved floor, though the columns have entasis.
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The shaft and crossarm are both octagonal in shape, and the shaft tapers slightly as it rises to give the cross entasis.
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The stone is carved from a single piece of rock, with very slight curvature ( entasis ) barely visible to the naked eye.
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The factory buildings from 1905 & ndash; 07 were converted into a mixed-use development by the architectural firm Entasis between 2004 and 2007.
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Some descriptions of entasis, state simply, that the technique was an enhancement applied to the more primitive conical columns to make them appear more substantial.
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The French, in the 17th and 18th centuries, understood the importance of entasis; musicians who wrote about in�gal were likely referring to this concept.
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Murals in tombs dating from Goguryeo also reveal a great deal about the architecture of that period as many of them depict buildings which have pillars with entasis.
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This element of the design, called entasis, was not present in the temporary structure and was added by Lutyens as a refinement when designing the permanent structure.
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The Ionic order is also marked by an entasis, a curved tapering in the column shaft . A column of the ionic order is nine times its lower diameter.
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Yale architectural historian Vincent Scully argues that entasis emphasizes the weight of the roof of a building by making the building columns appear to buckle under the pressure distributed among them.
