From monolithic concrete pillars to ornately decorated columns, this lookbook collates ten living room interiors that embrace existing structural columns. It is not always cost-effective or practical ...

A real-time hybrid fire simulation algorithm is developed and tested to capture the expected behaviour of a steel column within a structural frame, considering the slow thermal expansion of the stiff ...

DEAR TIM: My relatives want to repair failing decorative iron columns and short, stubby brick pillars that are part of a front porch on a home that’s about 100 years old. A giant section of the house ...