ARCHITECTURAL STYLE Column and Pilaster

Building Structure

Photo 1.4 Pilaster Photo 1.5 Column

Photo 1.2 Wall structure Photo 1.3 Timber Frame Casement A column is a vertical structural member which transfer the loads coming on to it from beams to
Window
below level column or to the foundation. For this building, the column were influence by ancient Greek.
The architecture of the building clearly reflects Italian and Greek influences. The influence of
This can be clarify from the use of columns with Doric and Ionic designs.
Italian Renaissance architecture can be seen on the design of the windows and walls of the building.
Renaissance architecture have distinct features that were fairly common to major construction. For
example, Renaissance architecture building built in square or symmetrical shape, the ceilings of buildings
were generally flat. This makes the High Court matched perfectly with Renaissance architecture criteria
as the ceiling and its shape were also symmetrical.

From previous research, even before the Second World War, European style had influenced the
architecture of Malaya, especially to the administrative buildings such as court, school, and government
resident. Besides the British architecture was also altered to cope with the tropical climate. The material
used to construct this building which is brick and stone is chosen depending on its climate.

Figure 1.2 Doric Column Photo 1.6 Doric Column

Terminology

The Doric order originated on the mainland and on western Greece. It is the simplest of the orders,
characterized by short, faceted, heavy columns with plain, round capitals at the tops and no base. The
Doric column most founded in the internal side of the building.
 Photo 1.5 Ionic Column
Figure 1.3 Ionic Column Detail
Terminology

Photo 1.5 Ionic Column Detail

The Ionic order came from eastern Greece, where its origins are entwined with the similar but
lesser known Aeolic order. It is distinguished by two opposed volutes also called as scrolls in the echinus
of the capital. Variation on the three Greek order, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian can be found everywhere.
They were used in the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Neo-classical styles of the 18th century as well
as various revivals in the 19th and 20th century.

In this building, the Ionic column mostly can be found at the external side of the building. The
reason of doing so probably in bringing the aesthetical value towards viewer.