Comments on: Admiring Architecture http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/admiring-architecture/ Welcome to the beautiful life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: In Design Mode http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/admiring-architecture/#comment-136956 In Design Mode Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:49:55 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/admiring-architecture/#comment-136956 A cloister (from Latin claustrum) is a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church usually indicates that it is (or was once) part of a monastic foundation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloister Any good builders of cloisters known in the DC area? I want to build one! I thinking faux with stucco, likely more affordable than actual blocks? A cloister (from Latin claustrum) is a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church usually indicates that it is (or was once) part of a monastic foundation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloister

Any good builders of cloisters known in the DC area? I want to build one! I thinking faux with stucco, likely more affordable than actual blocks?

]]> By: Neener http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/admiring-architecture/#comment-136955 Neener Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:35:55 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/admiring-architecture/#comment-136955 Wow, that really is nice. Wow, that really is nice.

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