Architectural Details

Architectural details, how much works for you and where to add it will be the focus of this post.  Adding architectural details is not out of reach as an option for your design.  Architectural Details can be added selectively to create a “classic” backdrop.  It can call attention to the elements that are a room’s special features or its focal point.  It can be added to walls as panels in place of posters, framed pictures or other collections.    Architectural Details and Ornamentation designed with restraint and consideration of the architecture of the space becomes a part of the home and not just a ‘personal decoration’ which is not permanent.  Architectural details add value, artistry, and a timeless beauty.

Moulding is a defining, transitional, element to outline the edges and surfaces of doors, windows, walls, ceilings, and the specific surfaces of those elements.  There are many profiles to choose from with various recesses, reliefs and patterns.

Flat moulding  depending on where it is used offers a flat surface parallel to the surface that it ornaments.  It can be used to separate curved moulding or to finish them at the top or bottom.  It also creates an opportunity to add additional ornamentation to the flat moulding.

Some examples of using flat moulding .

Flat moulding used for board and batten style panels and over entrances.

Tom Stringer Design

Beautiful Flat Moulding embellished with restrained ornamentation.

Create architectural details using multiple mouldings.

White River Frieze Moulding

 

Simply beautiful frieze detail.

More complex and interesting architectural details.

The basic profiles of moldings have traditionally been enhanced by carvings on them inspired by natural forms. These carvings might consist of stylized flower or leaf forms, geometric motifs, spirals, or combinations of rounded and angular forms such as the familiar egg and dart pattern. The combination of basic profiles and decorative carvings create a rich vocabulary for moldings that has been utilized by Western architects from the time of the ancient Greeks onward.

This handsome window moulding looks beautiful with the simple wall paneling.

Beaux-Arts Classic Products Large Laurel Leaves and ribbons Moulding

Powerful architectural detail using high relief resin moulding profile.

Depending on the depth of the casing moulding any of these profiles can achieve the handsome impact of using a very distinct profile.

Beaux-Arts Classic Products Flexible Resin Moulding – Egg and Dart half round – 2″W x 1″ Thick x 5′ Length

 

Resin Rope with Ridge  Moulding – 1″ Wide x 1/2″ Thick x 10′ Length

Resin Small and Large Ovals Half Round Moulding

Resin Egg and Dart quarter round.

 

Using architectural details such as these handsome panels, seamlessly blend kitchen cabinets with a jib door .

Beautiful architectural details to create crown, frieze and wall panels by Decorators Supply.

Skurman Architectsrecipient of the 2020 Arthur Ross Award for Architecture.

Pearlworks Architectural Details for this vanity.

Alidad – Award winning UK Designer. His rooms combine a mix of antique, vintage and modern designs, with colour, pattern, texture and scale combined with attention to architectural details and the decorative arts.

Great combination of moulding and ornamentation.

Magnificent architectural details by Alidad.