Over the cen­turies, columns have been known as the most attrac­tive archi­tec­tur­al fea­ture. They high­light entrances giv­ing any build­ing the most ele­gant first impres­sion.Archi­tec­tur­al Columns pro­vide a clas­sic and unique addi­tion to any home or project,  Archi­tec­tur­al Culomns con­tin­ued to be the most ele­gant exte­ri­or and inte­ri­or enhance­ments .The Egyp­tians, Per­sians and oth­er civ­i­liza­tions most­ly used Columns for the prac­ti­cal pur­pose of hold­ing up the roof inside a build­ing,  but the Ancient Greeks, fol­lowed by the Romans, loved to use them on the out­side as well, and the exten­sive use of columns on the inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or of build­ings is one of the most char­ac­ter­is­tic fea­tures of clas­si­cal archi­tec­ture. The Greeks devel­oped the clas­si­cal orders of archi­tec­ture, which are most eas­i­ly dis­tin­guished by the form of the col­umn and its var­i­ous ele­ments. Their Doric, Ion­ic, and Corinthi­an orders were expand­ed by the Romans to include the Tus­can and Com­pos­ite orders .

Corinthi­an Columns are the most orna­men­tal of the three orders devel­oped by the Greek, it is char­ac­ter­ized by its ornate cap­i­tals using styl­ized acan­thus leaves.

Ion­ic Col­umn is iden­ti­fied by its cap­i­tal, which includes large paired spi­ral scrolls or volutes, shaft is usu­al­ly flut­ed, but can be plain.

Tus­can columns is a Roman devel­op­ment of the Doric col­umn. Tus­can col­umn is sim­ple with no orna­ments, shaft is usu­al­ly tapered plain, not flut­ed, set on a sim­ple base with small round cap­i­tal. On the oth­er hand Doric col­umn is most­ly flut­ed, wider at the bot­tom and it has no base. The Doric order is the old­est and sim­plest of the clas­si­cal orders.

The Com­pos­ite col­umn draw its name from the cap­i­tal being a com­pos­ite of the Ion­ic and Corinthi­an cap­i­tals. so the dis­tinc­tion is some­times sub­tle. Gen­er­al­ly the Com­pos­ite is sim­i­lar to the Corinthi­an in pro­por­tion and employment.

While these Archi­tec­tur­al Cor­rect Columns are per­fect to fill any space with clas­sic ele­gant appeal, our cus­tom archi­tec­tur­al  columns also add more flex­i­bil­i­ty to your design.Our col­umn selec­tions include flut­ed, non-flut­ed, tapered, or non-tapered styles, with a range of sizes and dif­fer­ent mate­ri­als to suit your needs.

Cast Stone is a high­ly refined archi­tec­tur­al pre­cast build­ing stone which sim­u­lates nat­ur­al cut stone, more eco­nom­i­cal than nat­ur­al lime­stone , our Cast Stone Columns also come in a vari­ety of tex­tures and colors.

Our GFRC Columns are light­weight, easy to install, very strong, weath­er resis­tant, and fire retar­dant. Petra design’s GFRC Columns comes in a smooth paint grade fin­ish that requires a field applied coat­ing or can be sup­plied with pig­ments to achieve the look of stone or pre­cast concrete.

Petra Designs Fiber­glass Columns are main­te­nance free addi­tion to your exte­ri­or archi­tec­tur­al , our Fiber­glass columns are cast from the finest indus­tri­al mate­ri­als, Our Fiber­glass col­umn resist warp­ing, crack­ing and dete­ri­o­ra­tion. They also resist salt and water which make to ide­al in any weath­er conditions.Petra design’s Fiber­glass Col­umn are avail­able as load bear­ing fiber­glass col­umn or easy to install fiber­glass col­umn cover .

Petra design columns can be used as Sup­port Columns. Our Columns are stronger and endure more than con­crete, steel, or alu­minum. These columns con­vey archi­tec­tur­al beau­ty while pro­vid­ing the strength that you need. Petra Design also man­u­fac­tures Columns to be used as Col­umn Cov­er around struc­tur­al sup­port. Our col­umn cov­ers are avail­able in Corinthi­an, Ion­ic, Tus­can or cus­tom designs, designed and man­u­fac­tured with the high­est stan­dard of quality.

Please look at some of Petra Design columns pro­file by vis­it­ing our web­site at www.petradesign.ca