peristyle
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- n a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
- Foremost designers and designs in the past: 1) Arthur WareA triumphal arch, axised on Broadway with an esplanade enclosed by a peristyle, flanked by two buildings, one .
- The main entrance is marked by the remains of a portico--eight limestone pillars, today half submerged in the sand--that stands in front of a peristyle hall whose high masonry .
- Its severely Hellenic design is carried through to the two new wings and the auditorium, which is called the "peristyle" and is a fairly exact reproduction of a Greek outdoor .