Doric order  

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The Doric order (or in Greek Δωρικός ρυθμός) was one of the three orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

In their original Greek version, Doric columns stood directly on the flat pavement (the stylobate) of a temple without a base; their vertical shafts were fluted with 20 parallel concave grooves; and they were topped by a smooth capital that flared from the column to meet a square abacus at the intersection with the horizontal beam (entablature) that they carried.

Examples

• Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, is the world's tallest and most massive Doric column at 352 feet (107 m).
• Lord Hill's Column, Shrewsbury, England, is a Doric column standing at 133 feet 6 inches (40.69 m).
• Gate of Paramveer Sidhu , Punjab Chandigarh

See also

• Ionic order
• Corinthian order
• Tuscan order
• Composite order

Sources

• Sir John Summerson, The Classical Language of Architecture Revised edition, 1980 (W.W. Norton)
• James Stevens Curl, Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms
• Georges Gromort, The Elements of Classical Architecture
• Alexander Tzonis, Classical Architecture: The Poetics of Order (Alexander Tzonis website)