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Araeostyle
Vitruvius’s widest intercolumniation, more than three diameters, too wide for stone architraves; timber beams must be used.
See also: Intercolumniation
Rules that use the word
The five intercolumniations. Columns may be spaced 1½ diameters apart (pycnostyle), 2 (systyle), 2¼ (eustyle), 3 (diastyle) or more (araeostyle). The eustyle, with a wider central bay of 3 diameters, is the best for use and beauty.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Post and Lintel, The Tuscan Order, Columns in Company.
Nearby in the glossary
Apron moulding · Apse · Aqueduct · Arabesque · Arboretum · Arcade · Arch brace · Architrave