The strength of the column

Making architecture

- Rik Nys

Far from being a trope of classical architecture, the column is now a key component in the repertoire of the modern architect. We look at how this came to be

“The temples remained sacred to the eye when the gods had long become ridiculous” Friedrich Schiller

In 1896, Adolphe Appia made one of his first drawings in a state of discontent with the staging of Wagner under the direction of Cosima in Bayreuth. Appia rejected scenography as a 2D illustration in favor of a set design that transcended into an expression of the performance itself. With this drawing, he proposed for the Sacred Forest of Act One (in Wagner’s