The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · P

Prostyle

Also called amphiprostyle

A temple with a row of columns across its front only. Amphiprostyle: with columns at both ends.

See also: Peripteral

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters The Temple.

Nearby in the glossary

Prakara · Prasat · Primitive hut · Pronaos · Protome · Pseudisodomum · Pseudoperipteral · Purlin