Creating Facades to Be Proud Of

Many of our clients confuse pilasters with columns. And that’s perfectly normal! After all, most people don’t deal with architectural terminology on a daily basis.

A pilaster is a flat vertical projection on the wall surface that imitates a column. Essentially, it is a “ghost column” embedded into the wall. It has all the same elements — base, shaft, capital — but it only protrudes from the wall by a third or a quarter of its width. read more→