Glossary · E
Eustyle
Vitruvius’s preferred intercolumniation: two and a quarter diameters, with the middle opening widened to three.
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 What Is Architecture?, Columns in Company.
Nearby in the glossary
Entasis · Equilateral arch · Espalier · Esquisse · Exedra · Extrados · Eye-catcher · Fan vault