Columns are one of the most his­tor­i­cal archi­tec­tur­al fea­tures. A long time ago, its mas­sive foun­da­tions were made of lime­stone, and the Columns were made of Clien­tele mar­ble, a mate­r­i­al that was uti­lized for the first time. The Roman peo­ple invent­ed Columns to sup­port their building.

Over the cen­turies, Columns have been known as an attrac­tive archi­tec­tur­al design. It’s not only sup­port­ing the beam but also It is very pop­u­lar for dec­o­ra­tive pur­pos­es. Fur­ther­more, these days, Columnss are man­u­fac­tured using dif­fer­nt mate­r­i­al like GFRC, Fiber­glass and cast stone etc. The type of mate­r­i­al is being decid­ed on the scale, cost and appli­ca­tion of the con­struc­tion. Fol­low the 3 guide­lines they are below dif­fer­ent types of archi­tec­tur­al exte­ri­or columns, peo­ple can take ideas for their home or com­mer­cial place.

1. Architectural exterior Cast stone columns

When the build­ing needs struc­tur­al Columnsfor sup­port, archi­tec­tur­al cast stone columnscan be sug­gest­ed for it. Cast Stone is a refined archi­tec­tur­al pre­cast build­ing stone which sim­u­lates nat­ur­al cut stone than nat­ur­al lime­stone. And, exte­ri­or cast stone col­umn has a vari­ety of tex­tures and colours as well.

Exte­ri­or cast stone columnsbring archi­tec­tur­al beau­ty while con­tribut­ing the strength and sup­port that you need in craft­ing the struc­ture that peo­ple needed.

2. Architectural Exterior GFRC columns

Archi­tec­tur­al GFRC columnsarrange a rea­son­able price and a vari­ety of fea­ture choic­es. GFRC is short for from Glass Fiber Rein­forced Concrete.

GFRC columns cov­er offer reduced weight and fin­ish flex­i­bil­i­ty and reduce the mate­r­i­al cost of the build­ing. In addi­tion, exte­ri­or GFRC columns come in a smooth paint grade fin­ish that requires a field applied coat­ing or can be sup­plied with pig­ments to com­plete the look of stone or pre­cast concrete.

GFRC can also be wrapped around an exist­ing sup­port bear­ing to have dec­o­ra­tive exte­ri­or designs.

3. Architectural Exterior Fiberglass Columns

Archi­tec­tur­al fiber­glass columns are becom­ing a pop­u­lar com­po­nent of most archi­tec­tur­al works, the rea­son why its rea­son­able price, Eco-friend­ly mate­r­i­al and light in weight when com­pared to oth­er build­ing materials.

Fur­ther­more, Fiber­glass Columns resist warp­ing, crack­ing and dete­ri­o­ra­tion. Espe­cial­ly, fiber­glass does not have an effect on the weath­er much like rain­ing or snow­ing. It would be a good mate­r­i­al to use in cold cli­mates. Fiber­glass Columns are avail­able as load bear­ing Fiber­glass Columns or dec­o­ra­tive col­umn cov­ers as well. It would be an excel­lent alter­na­tive to tra­di­tion­al wood columns.

Modern and Popular Architectural Exterior Columns

In many ways, columns can be struc­tur­al sup­port and dec­o­ra­tive fea­tures. The aspect of dec­o­ra­tive columns, many peo­ple tend to pre­fer dec­o­ra­tive columns to add to their house char­ac­ter. Petra Designs columns com­bine clas­sic ele­gance with the mod­ern-day tech­nol­o­gy and low main­te­nance care.

Petra Design man­u­fac­ture a vari­ety of stan­dard design columns as well as unique cus­tomized archi­tec­tur­al columns design. It could be inte­ri­or or exte­ri­or column.
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